Selection and processing of clay materials in the production of Early Neolithic pottery production in the Bruche valley (Alsace, France)
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Benjamin Gehres et al., « Selection and processing of clay materials in the production of Early Neolithic pottery production in the Bruche valley (Alsace, France) », ArchéoSciences, ID : 10670/1.e30c00...
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The collective research programme “Partition stylistique territoriale au Néolithique ancien en Alsace” examines the organisation of the economic and social systems of the LBK complexes of Upper and Lower Alsace (France) through the ceramic “chaîne opératoire”. The approach developed focuses on selection, treatment and modification of clay by potters. This article presents the first results of petrographic analyses of LBK and non-LBK pottery from the Sainte-Odile and Rittergass sites in Rosheim (Bas-Rhin), the AFUA du Stade and Le Village in Bischoffsheim (Bas-Rhin), all located in the Bruche valley. The aim is to identify the origins of the clay, the technical traditions involved in its preparation, and to question the existence of a goods importer/redistributor center on the Sainte-Odile site in Rosheim. The results show that the production and gathering of clay was organised. Indeed, there is a relationship between the size of the mineral inclusions in the clay and the thickness of the ceramic sides. These materials are collected at the base of the bedrock in the Vosges or at the bottom of the valley. The addition of tempering materials is rarely used by artisans, and is mainly found in non-LBK ceramics. Vessels with exogenous origins are rare, and do not demonstrate the incorporation of ceramics into the exchange networks of these settlements.
