Thermal study of a proto-historical oven: theory and practice

Authors

  • Jean Coulon Archeologo, Laboratoire d’archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie - Genève
  • Claude Fontaine Equipe HydrASA de l’Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de l’Université de Poitiers
  • Dominique Proust

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1974-7985/10319

Keywords:

ceramic technology, archeometry, metal ages, ovens, kilns, Sevrier kiln

Abstract

On the sunken island of Crêt de Chatillon (Annecy Lake), in a Final Bronze Age pile-dwelling site, were discovered fragments of a terracotta kiln. Aimé Bocquet, father of the French underwater archaeology restored it in 1974. This perforated floor structure, without equivalent at the time was logically interpreted as a potter's kiln. Half a century later, many similar discoveries did not put an end to the debate about the function of these devices. Will it be possible to promote or rule out certain functional hypotheses by means of archeometry and in particular through a thermal study?
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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Coulon, J., Fontaine, C., & Proust, D. (2019). Thermal study of a proto-historical oven: theory and practice. IpoTesi Di Preistoria, 12(1), 351–368. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1974-7985/10319

Issue

Vol. 12 (2019): Hearts, Ovens and Kilns, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age. 6th Annual Meeting of Prehistory and Protohistory

Section

Conference papers

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