Technological analysis of medieval crucibles from Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy

The article considers a series of crucibles (3 unbroken ones and 15 fragments) found during excavations of the medieval city of Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy. The objects date back to the 13th–14th centuries. In terms of their morphology, the crucibles are represented by different types: open thin-walled cones with a separate drain and rounded bottom, cylindrical with a rounded bottom, open thick-walled in the shape of a small saucer, half-closed spoon-shaped with a rounded bottom and a two-sided vertical handle. The authors deal with the issue of recovering initial technological information on the features of clay used and on the composition of the molding masses in the crucibles. In addition, there is a link traced between this technological information and the morphology of the crucibles. A certain variety of both argillaceous raw materials and recipes of molding composition was found. Clays of different ferruginous degrees with different composition of natural mineral admixtures were used. Such ingredients as crushed charcoal, vegetable organics, and carbonates were specially introduced into the molding composition as artificial admixtures. The connection between open thin-walled crucibles and the molding composition of nonferruginous us clay and crushed charcoal was most clearly traced.

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Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy, crucible, argillaceous raw materials, molding composition

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14.10.2018

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15.10.2018

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GOST	Zavyalov V., Lopatina O., Sudakov V. Technological analysis of medieval crucibles from Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy // Rossiiskaia arkheologiia – 2018. – Issue 3 C. 43-51 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/ra/s207987840000865-0-1-en (circulation date: 09.09.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S086960630001632-6
MLA	Zavyalov, Vladimir I, Lopatina, Olga, Sudakov, Vasiliy "Technological analysis of medieval crucibles from Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy." Rossiiskaia arkheologiia 3 (2018):43-51. DOI: 10.31857/S086960630001632-6
APA	Zavyalov V., Lopatina O., Sudakov V. (2018). Technological analysis of medieval crucibles from Pereyaslavl Ryazanskiy. Rossiiskaia arkheologiia (3), pp.43-51 DOI: 10.31857/S086960630001632-6

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