1. Identification of wheel-fashioning methods : technological analysis of 4th-3rd millenium BC oriental ceramics
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Marie Agnès Courty, Valentine Roux, Préhistoire et Technologie (PréTech), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Maison de l'Archéologie et de l'Ethnologie René-Ginouvès (MAE), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon (INA P-G), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN), and Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,History ,SURFACE FEATURES ,archéologie expérimentale ,tour de potier ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Proche Orient ,Néolithique ,Iran ,01 natural sciences ,WHEEL-SHAPING ,Regional science ,0601 history and archaeology ,TECHNOLOGY ,moulage ,tournage ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,technologie de l'argile ,060102 archaeology ,06 humanities and the arts ,Archaeology ,méthodologie ,Variety (cybernetics) ,Mésopotamie ,Identification (information) ,MICROFABRICS ,céramique néolithique ,CERAMIC ,Inde ,expérimentation ,façonnage de l'argile - Abstract
International audience; "In Oriental Asia, during the 4th±3rd millennium BC, clay vessels were not wheel-thrown but wheel-shaped. This technique, which combines coiling and wheel-shaping, can be achieved by four methods. These methods are not constrained by technical factors. They may represent cultural behaviour and their identification is potentially an aid towards understanding the historical reasons for the adoption of the wheel. An experimental study was designed to seek and define diagnostic surface features and microfabrics. Comparisons of the results obtained on the experimental materials with a selection of archaeological material have revealed that a variety of wheel-fashioning methods were practised in the past. Contrary to previous conclusions, the choice of these methods evidenced on ancient ceramics did not respond to techno-economic factors such as mass production. The debate concerning the adoption of the wheel in Asia during the 4th±3rd millennium BC must therefore be continued." (source éditeur)
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- 1998
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