Experimental Archaeology - Neolithic Pottery

Neolithic Settlement of Makri in Thrace, Greece

The experimental work in the 6th millennium BC neolithic settlement of Makri, in Thrace, Greece, focused first, on the study and understanding of the post-framed architectural tradition of the site in terms of  recovery methodology, spatial arrangements and daub construction, and second the prehistoric ceramic production.

Part of a  post-framed structure of Makri dated to the mid-6th millemium BC

The experimental built ceramic ciln in use

In the case of the former ethnoarchaeological observations derived from both the ΄learn by doing΄ experimental construction of the Sarakini hut and the ethnography of the Pomak community where the same tradition still exists today, were used.

The experimental ceramic work of Ivan Stoilov in progress

Bone tools used for the constru- ction and finishing of the  experimentally built vases

The study of the neolithic ceramic tradition of Makri was based on the experimental work of Mr. Ivan Stoilov, a Bulgarian pottery specialist and artist who reconstructed the different stages of vase-making using local materials, authentic bone tools, firing techniques and of course the ware repertory of the site.

The typical pottery ware of Makri

An experimentally constructed vase from Makri

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