Raw material choices and material characterization of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC pottery from the Petit-Chasseur necropolis: Insights into the megalith-erecting society of the Upper Rhône Valley, Switzerland

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dc.creatorCarloni, Delia
dc.creatorŠegvić, Branimir (TTU)
dc.creatorSartori, Mario
dc.creatorZanoni, Giovanni (TTU)
dc.creatorMoscariello, Andrea
dc.creatorBesse, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T15:53:47Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T15:53:47Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description© 2021 The Authors. Geoarchaeology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.en_US
dc.description.abstractOwing to its well-preserved and long-lasting archaeological record, the necropolis of Petit-Chasseur in the Upper Rhône Valley (3100–1600 BC) showcases the economic, social, and ideological changes of 3rd and 2nd millennium BC Europe excellently. An in-depth investigation of pottery artifacts was carried out using multiple spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Nine types of ceramic fabrics were identified based on the variety of temper and natural inclusions; however, the mineralogy and phase chemistry of the ceramic matrix showed the paste to be primarily illitic or muscovitic, irrespective of the inclusion type. Muscovitic clays were likely procured from the fluvioglacial, glaciolacustrine, colluvial, and till sediment abundantly available at higher altitudes of the Upper Rhône Valley, whereas illitic clays were acquired from pedogenized loess horizons or the Rhône River alluvium. Different raw material choices and paste preparation practices suggest distinct ceramic traditions that likely existed in the valley during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC. This, along with the hypothesized provenance of the raw material, is likely in favor of various prehistoric communities gathering at the megalithic necropolis from close and distant parts of the valley using the Petit-Chasseur site as a place of assembly.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCarloni, D., Šegvić, B., Sartori, M., Zanoni, G., Moscariello, A., & Besse, M. (2021). Raw material choices and material characterization of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC pottery from the Petit-Chasseur necropolis: Insights into the megalith-erecting society of the Upper Rhône Valley, Switzerland. Geoarchaeology, 36, 1009– 1044. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21867en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21867
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2346/90290
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectBell Beakeren_US
dc.subjectEarly Bronze Ageen_US
dc.subjectFinal Neolithicen_US
dc.subjectPetit-Chasseuren_US
dc.subjectPottery Archaeometric Analysisen_US
dc.titleRaw material choices and material characterization of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC pottery from the Petit-Chasseur necropolis: Insights into the megalith-erecting society of the Upper Rhône Valley, Switzerlanden_US
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