A study of pigment and reductive firing on the pottery production in the urbanized period of West Asia

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22520772
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Archaeology
• Research Institution: Kokushikan University
• Principal Investigator: KOIZUMI Tatsundo 国士舘大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 共同研究員 (80257237)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: 実験考古学 / 西アジア / 都市化 / 土器製作技術 / 彩文 / 顔料 / 還元焔焼成

Research Abstract

This study has hypothetically revealed a couple of remarkable observations on the pottery production in the West Asian urbanization, the Ubaid to Uruk periods, by using XRF, XRF and DSC analyses. A careful preparation of pigments through the manufacturing process might indicate tentative firing, ca. 500 to 800 ℃ ,of a lump of levigated clay mixed with limestone and hematite before painting. Both the temperature of reduction firing for Gray Burnished Ware and of thekeyhole-shaped pottery kiln in the first stage of the Late Chalcolithic era, Early Uruk-related period, could be lower than that of the painted pottery and related firing equipmentin the Ubaid period.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 彩文土器の焼成実験-西アジア都市形成期の土器製作技術- (2013)
  • Author(s): 小泉龍人
  • Journal Title: 技術と交流の考古学 Pages: 121-132
• [Journal Article] Ilisu Baraji-Salat Tepe 2010 Kazisi (Ilisu Dam - 2010 Excavations at Salat Tepe) (2012)
  • Author(s): okse, A.T., A. Gormus, T. Koizumi, D. Yasin, N. Soyukaya
  • Journal Title: Kultur Varliklari ve Muzeler Genel Mudurlugu Yayin (Directorate General of Cultural Heritage and Museum Publications Volume: No.155-1 Pages: 173-187
• [Presentation] ティグリス川上流域の都市化を探る-トルコ、サラット・テペ遺跡発掘調査(2010～2012 年)- (2013)
  • Author(s): 小泉龍人、トゥーバ・オクセ、アフメット・ギョルムシュ
  • Organizer: 第20回西アジア発掘調査報告会
  • Place of Presentation: 古代オリエント博物館
  • Year and Date: 2013-03-24
• [Presentation] オリエント都市形成期の土器製作復原-小型土器焼成窯の改良と牛糞藁の燃料化- (2012)
  • Author(s): 小泉龍人・齋藤正憲
  • Organizer: 日本オリエント学会第54回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東海大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-11-25
• [Presentation] メソポタミア都市形成期の彩文土器-ウバイド土器の理化学的分析と焼成実験- (2012)
  • Author(s): 小泉龍人
  • Organizer: 日本西アジア考古学会第17回総会・大会
  • Place of Presentation: 筑波大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-10
• [Presentation] Ilisu Baraji-Salat Tepe 2011 Kazisi (2012)
  • Author(s): A. Tuba OKSE, Ahmet GORMUS, Tatsundo KOIZUMI, Deniz YASIN MEIER, Nevin SOYUKAYA
  • Organizer: 34th International Symposium of Excavations, Surveys and Archaeometry. Republic of Turkey, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums of Ministry of Culture and Tourism
  • Place of Presentation: Hittite University in Corum, Turkey
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-30