How do they fit together? A case study of Neolithic pottery typology and radiocarbon chronology

0532739 - ARÚ 2021 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Trampota, F. - Květina, Petr
How do they fit together? A case study of Neolithic pottery typology and radiocarbon chronology.
Archeologické rozhledy. Roč. 72, č. 2 (2020), s. 163-193. ISSN 0323-1267
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA19-16304S
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : pottery typo-chronology * radiocarbon dating * archaeological culture * Neolithic
OECD category: Archaeology
Method of publishing: Open access
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The object of the paper is to update the current concept of the chronology of the Neolithic (c. 5400–3300 BC) of the Czech Republic by comparing the typo-chronological development of pottery and modelling the corresponding radiocarbon dates. Up until now, pottery and its style have often been perceived in Central Europe as “basic indicators” of archaeological cultures or pottery traditions, which are then further divided into chronological stages and phases. And yet, an analysis of the relationships of all three levels of these entities in the context of four types of models of radiocarbon dates indicates that changes in the original material culture do not necessarily occur on a time axis. While it is true that archaeological cultures have proven to be the robust materialisation of primarily chronological trends valid in larger geographic sections, at the level of general and more detailed pottery groups, development can be manifested in parallel at the geographic and other levels.
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