Abstract
The article underlines the need to re-discuss the prevailing views in archaeological literature on the provenance and transformation stages of completely wheel-turned ceramics decorated with zoned ornament. This class of ceramics was used in the Early Middle Ages (for about 100 years) by communities living in the area of southern Greater Poland and the north-eastern part of Lower Silesia. The previous ideas suggesting a close relationship between zoned ceramics and vessels produced in northern Bohemia are reconsidered, with the internal diversity of zoned ceramics being pointed out. We argue that inspiration in ceramics manufacturing came not only from the south (Bohemia), but also from the north (Pomerania) and the west (the middle Elbe region), and that there were also changes that appeared independently of these impulses in the ceramics production of small, native communities.
Highlights
In the southern part of Czech lands, in the 10th century assemblages from the Nemětice site, the presence of s-shaped vessels and, in some specimens, biconical vessels, distinguished by an extensive decoration placed in the upper, and sometimes in the middle part of the body, composed of stripes of diagonal imprints of a multi-toothed tool, supplemented with plastic bands, sometimes with a wavy line
The aim of the article is to indicate the need for more extensive research on early medieval zoned ceramics, used mainly in the 10th and at the beginning of the 11th century by communities building and using small strongholds in southern Greater Poland and the north-eastern part of Lower Silesia
Along with the strongholds in this area, zoned vessels appear as an innovation in traditional ceramics, confirming the connection with the state organization
Summary
In the southern part of Czech lands, in the 10th century assemblages from the Nemětice site, the presence of s-shaped vessels and, in some specimens, biconical vessels, distinguished by an extensive decoration placed in the upper, and sometimes in the middle part of the body, composed of stripes of diagonal imprints of a multi-toothed tool, supplemented with plastic bands, sometimes with a wavy line While searching for “northern inspirations” and the directions of influence on zoned ceramics characteristic for the area of southern Greater Poland and northern Lower Silesia, apart from ornamentation, attention is drawn to the form of the vessel – more precisely, to the biconical appearance of the pot.
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