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White Incrustation on Pottery From Neolithic Tell Samovodene, Bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Julia Gencheva
Julia Gencheva*
Affiliation:
National Scientific Centre of Monumental Culture Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 2 Str. King Ivan Alexander 5000 Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
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Abstract

Twelve samples of lime plaster were examined, including a white incrustation on vessels and religious tables and the contents of a large vessel filled with the white substance. These materials are from Tell Samovodene, Bulgaria which was inhabited during the Neolithic period between 5750 and 5400 B.C. Crystal-optical analysis, X-ray diffraction, emission spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used in the analysis. It was established that the white contents of the vessel consisted of slaked lime which had been carbonized in antiquity. The white incrustation was shown to be a lime plaster, composed of slaked lime and quartz. We are continuing investigation of the kiln, found on the periphery of the tell; preliminary data suggest the kiln was used for lime burning.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 639
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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