Magnetometric Investigations of the Ceramic Kilns of Early Medieval Taurica: New Results

Local workshops for producing and firing ceramic building materials and containers began to arise everywhere near large centers in the Mountain Crimea in the early Middle Ages (VIII–XV centuries). A three-stage magnetometric technique and the results of its application to detection and study of the...

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Published inCrystallography reports Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 512 - 520
Main Authors Smekalova, T. N., Yatsishina, E. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.05.2018
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Building materials
Ceramics
Construction materials
Containers
Crystallographic Methods in Humanitarian Sciences
Crystallography and Scattering Methods
Kilns
Middle Ages
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Pottery
Workshops
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Summary:Local workshops for producing and firing ceramic building materials and containers began to arise everywhere near large centers in the Mountain Crimea in the early Middle Ages (VIII–XV centuries). A three-stage magnetometric technique and the results of its application to detection and study of the production centers of ceramic building materials and containers in medieval Taurica are considered. Only this approach makes it possible to reveal all kilns and related objects on the territories of pottery centers and analyze them in full detail. The location map of ceramic workshops in Mountain Taurica is presented, as well as detailed plans of several large pottery centers with detailed magnetic maps of each kiln, many of which were confirmed by excavations.
ISSN:1063-7745
1562-689X
DOI:10.1134/S1063774518030252