DOI Artikel:
Daszkiewicz, Małgorzata; Baranowski, Marcin: Provenance study of Late Classic and Hellenistic black-coated pottery from Risan (Montenegro)
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41950#0027
Małgorzata Daszkiewicz
Marcin Baranowski
PROVENANCE STUDY OF LATE CLASSIC AND HELLENISTIC
BLACK-COATED POTTERY FROM RISAN (MONTENEGRO)
Abstract: Excavations in Risan (ancient Risinium), situated in Montenegro, sińce 2001 have been
carried out by a mission from the Center for Research on the Antiąuity of Southeastern Europę,
University of Warsaw, directed by Piotr Dyczek. Laboratory analyses (chemical analysis by WD-
XRF, MGR-analysis, thin-sections study) were carried out on 112 fragments of black-coated Late
Classic and Hellenistic pottery. The main aim of laboratory analyses was to identify provenance
groups. The majority ofthe samples come from a region very probably within present-day Albania
where clay with high contents of magnesium, chrome and nickel occurs.
Key words: Risan, Montenegro, Late Classic pottery, Hellenistic pottery, black-slip, black-gloss,
chemical analysis, MGR-analysis, thin-sections
Introduction
In 2001 the Center for Research on the Antiąuity of Southeastern Europę, University of
Warsaw, directed by Prof. P. Dyczek, initiated excavations at a new site within the pres-
ent-day town of Risan in Montenegro. In 2004 archaeometric analysis was undertaken on
ceramic sherds selected by Prof. P. Dyczek. These 39 fragments represented amphorae,
Gnathia-type pottery, lamps and basins; some of the analysis results have already been
published.1 In 2008 laboratory analysis was carried out on a further 112 ceramic sherds,
including 37 samples recovered from excavations held in 2001-2006 at the Carine VI site
and 75 samples selected from excavations in 2008. The analysed pottery sherds came from
strata dated to the terminal Classical and Hellenistic periods. The main aim of both series
of analyses was to identify provenance groups and ascribe them to production centres
(workshops), hence to determine which of the analysed fragments were madę at local pot-
teries (local to the site, or local to the region), and which had been imported (and where
from). The analysis results2 were used in M. Baranowskie M.A. thesis, supervised
by Prof. Dyczek. In his thesis Baranowski presented a comprehensive description of all pot-
tery fragments and examined the correlation between groups identified by macroscopic
1 Baranowski et alii 2006; Daszkiewicz et alii 2007.
2 Daszkiewicz et alii 2009.
Marcin Baranowski
PROVENANCE STUDY OF LATE CLASSIC AND HELLENISTIC
BLACK-COATED POTTERY FROM RISAN (MONTENEGRO)
Abstract: Excavations in Risan (ancient Risinium), situated in Montenegro, sińce 2001 have been
carried out by a mission from the Center for Research on the Antiąuity of Southeastern Europę,
University of Warsaw, directed by Piotr Dyczek. Laboratory analyses (chemical analysis by WD-
XRF, MGR-analysis, thin-sections study) were carried out on 112 fragments of black-coated Late
Classic and Hellenistic pottery. The main aim of laboratory analyses was to identify provenance
groups. The majority ofthe samples come from a region very probably within present-day Albania
where clay with high contents of magnesium, chrome and nickel occurs.
Key words: Risan, Montenegro, Late Classic pottery, Hellenistic pottery, black-slip, black-gloss,
chemical analysis, MGR-analysis, thin-sections
Introduction
In 2001 the Center for Research on the Antiąuity of Southeastern Europę, University of
Warsaw, directed by Prof. P. Dyczek, initiated excavations at a new site within the pres-
ent-day town of Risan in Montenegro. In 2004 archaeometric analysis was undertaken on
ceramic sherds selected by Prof. P. Dyczek. These 39 fragments represented amphorae,
Gnathia-type pottery, lamps and basins; some of the analysis results have already been
published.1 In 2008 laboratory analysis was carried out on a further 112 ceramic sherds,
including 37 samples recovered from excavations held in 2001-2006 at the Carine VI site
and 75 samples selected from excavations in 2008. The analysed pottery sherds came from
strata dated to the terminal Classical and Hellenistic periods. The main aim of both series
of analyses was to identify provenance groups and ascribe them to production centres
(workshops), hence to determine which of the analysed fragments were madę at local pot-
teries (local to the site, or local to the region), and which had been imported (and where
from). The analysis results2 were used in M. Baranowskie M.A. thesis, supervised
by Prof. Dyczek. In his thesis Baranowski presented a comprehensive description of all pot-
tery fragments and examined the correlation between groups identified by macroscopic
1 Baranowski et alii 2006; Daszkiewicz et alii 2007.
2 Daszkiewicz et alii 2009.