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Multi-faceted analyses of Poland's Bronze and Early Iron Age hoards: Fig.5. Pottery (A, C), animal bones (B), a human skull (C, D), and a flint tool (D) excavated from underneath the stone layer in Kaliszany (archaeological site no. 3)

The set contains a figure, with with photographs that show examples of finds discovered during excavations at archaeological site 3 in Kaliszany, Wągrowiec commune, Poland. It is a stone and earth structure in which a hoard of metal objects dating to the Late Bronze Age was discovered in 1943. The photo is from the 2022 survey, when the south-western part of the structure was explored.  The paper and data were prepared as part of a project funded by the National Science Centre, Poland: A Biography of Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages Hoards. A Multi-Faceted Analysis of Metal Objects Related to Monumental Constructions in Poland (UMO-2021/41/B/HS3/00038)

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Tawi Said Archaeological Survey: Pottery

This is part of the data (pottery) obtained during the survey at Tawi Said 2018. More data can be found in the other submissions of the Tawi Said Archaeological Survey community. The site of Tawi Said is located in the Al-Sharqiyah governorate, approximately 5 km northwest of the modern city of Bidiyah, on the edge of the Sharqiyah Desert. It was discovered in 1976 by Beatrice de Cardi. Two years later, she returned to conduct small scale excavations at the site. Subsequently, numerous references to the site were made in the literature as the only known settlement of the Wadi Suq period (2000-1600 BC) in Central Oman. In November 2018, a short survey was conducted by the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, in Tawi Said. An area of 150 x 120 m was intensively field-walked in 1.5 m wide transects to ensure complete visual coverage of the investigated area. Each find received an ascending number and its exact location was recorded using a portable GPS device. In total, nearly 7500 objects were documented that date back to the Wadi Suq, as well as the (late) Islamic period. Among the finds, the largest group  of artefacts, by far, is of pottery sherds, followed by marine shells and snails, stone artefacts, metal objects, and jewellery. Furthermore, two stamp seals, one of them of a Wadi Suq period date, were found.

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Pottery Terminology Intrinsic factors

This German-English terminology is a collection of terms used to describe intrinsic factors of pottery within the field of archaeology. The division into intrinsic and extrinsic factors was proposed by Rice 2015 and adopted in order to structure the terms and aid in the identification of word pairs. Some terms were reconciled to wikidata. Intrinsic factors encompass material, production/technology, shape/form, surface treatment, taphonomy, size/measurements. Extrinsic factors include dating/chronology, origin/provenance/provenience, classification method, wares, evaluation methods. Greek vessel shapes were included here for the sake of completeness, however, the coverage by <a href="http://kerameikos.org">kerameikos.org</a> is more comprehensive.

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The Archaeological Ceramics from Mahurjhari: Pottery Classes by Stratigraphic Layers

This spreadsheet contains the quantities of each pottery class in each stratigraphic layer of each excavated trench at Mahurjhari, India. The data is arranged according to the excavated trenches. For each trench, the number of sherds and the MNI count are presented.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, kiln in operation, 1970.

[KSA QAR 1970.13] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra. Pottery production, kiln in operation, 1970.

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Early Medieval Pottery Marks from Moravia (Czechia)

Published archaeological dataset contains a database (MS Access .mdb database, and .csv exports as an alternative), as well as precise drawings of 636 pottery marks (i.e. embossed imprints on bottoms of ceramic vessels) from the following 9th century Moravian sites: <ul> <li>Brno-Lí&scaron;eň –⁠ Staré Zámky (87 pcs.)</li> <li>Břeclav –⁠ Pohansko (162 pcs.)</li> <li>Mikulčice (310 pcs.)</li> <li>Staré Město u Uherského Hradi&scaron;tě –⁠ U Víta (49 pcs.)</li> <li>Cemetery of Nechvalín (5 pcs.)</li> <li>Cemetery of Pru&scaron;ánky (23 pcs.)</li> </ul> The dataset was originally created for the purpose of the author's dissertation (Hlavica 2020). It will be also referenced in the upcoming monograph (Hlavica in print). Records contained in the dataset can be used for the comparison with other similarly documented assemblages (for the method of documentation, see Hlavica 2016). The hierarchy of folders including precise drawings (.psd and .pdf formats) is: mark_type -> inner_shape -> outer_shape -> match_variant

Research data: Continuity Amid Transformation: An Analysis of Pottery Production from the Late La Tène to Early Roman Periods in Eastern Bohemia

Data used in the research presented in the article titled "Continuity Amid Transformation: An Analysis of Pottery Production from the Late La Tène to Early Roman Periods in Eastern Bohemia". Abstract of the article: At the end of the La Tène period and the beginning of the Roman period in the first century BC, society in Central Europe underwent a significant transformation, which included notable changes in pottery production. This transformation is often attributed to the collapse of the social structures of the La Tène period and the arrival of a new population. Pottery production, in particular, is generally considered to have undergone a complete transformation. However, previous studies on this transition have primarily focused on the stylistic analysis of shapes and decorations, as illustrated by the pottery assemblage from Slepotice (Eastern Bohemia). In order to obtain additional data on the transitional period, this study of pottery from Slepotice incorporates analyses of the materials used and the manufacturing process through macroscopic observation, X-ray fluorescence analysis, and thin-section analysis. These analyses provide new insights into the differences in pottery production and distribution during the first century BC. Our research indicates that while the transformation included the collapse of the La Tène socioeconomic network, it did not result in a complete break in the pottery production process. Link to the article: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105073">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105073</a>   List of the files: Supplementary Material 1 Settlement structure in the vicinity of Slepotice during the La Tène and Roman periods: 1 – Slepotice, 2 – České Lhotice, 3 – Brčekoly, 4 – Chrudim Supplementary Material 2 Values of pottery attributes (Mat, InMn, InVar, In, traces left from the shaping process, Po, Vy, and morphological groups) classified based on macroscopic observation Supplementary material 3 Schematic classification of rim attributes, illustrating different variants of rim direction (Op), thickening of the upper part of the rim (Oz), and trimming of the lip (Os) Supplementary material 4 Attributes of the 30 samples selected for XRF analysis based on macroscopic observation. These attributes include fabric properties, surface treatment, morphological features, and technological traces Supplementary material 5 Figures of ceramic samples (with corresponding IDs) from feature 144/1998 showing preserved rims and bases Supplementary material 6 Figures of ceramic samples (with corresponding IDs) from feature 355/2001 showing preserved rims Supplementary Material 7 Chemical composition of 30 selected samples according to XRF analysis (main oxides in wt%, and elements in ppm) Supplementary Material 8 Principal Component Analysis (PCA) results: The scree plot (top left) visualises the proportion of variance explained by each principal component. The biplots (top right and bottom right) illustrate the distribution of samples, with arrows indicating the contribution of specific elements to the observed variance. The dendrogram (bottom left) shows hierarchical clustering of the samples, aiding in the selection of representative samples for thin-section petrographic analysis Supplementary Material 9 Relationships between the dating and other attributes of pottery classified based on macroscopic observation. These attributes include fabric properties, surface treatment, morphological features, and technological traces Supplementary Material 10 Relationships between the chemical groups (determined by XRF analysis) and pottery attributes classified based on macroscopic observation. These attributes include fabric properties, surface treatment, morphological features, and technological traces Supplementary Material 11 Petrography of fabric groups and subgroups, focusing on their properties. The evaluation begins with a general assessment of each fabric group as a whole, followed by a detailed examination of its subgroups Supplementary Material 12 Petrographic characterization of ceramics using a semiquantitative scale, simplified for statistical analysis (0.1 – trace, 0.5 – rare, 1 – occasional, 2 – common, 3 – frequent, 4 – abundant, 5 – dominant) Supplementary Material 13 Thin-section samples: Description of the ceramic matrix, natural inclusions, and added tempers Supplementary material 14 Variations in chemical composition among different fabric groups

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Refitting pottery fragments from the Liang Abu rockshelter, Borneo

Liang Abu is an archaeological site in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. This dataset describes the relationships between pottery fragments found during   excavations (2009-2012). Two types of relationships are defined. <ul> <li>A connection relationship refers to a physical connection between two fragments that were part of the same object.</li> <li>A similarity relationship between fragments is defined if there is an acceptable likelihood that those fragments were part of the same object.</li> </ul> The dataset is composed of three tables: <ul> <li>relations-connection.csv (56x2): "connection" relationships between fragments. matrix. Each line describes a connection relationship between two fragments. There respective unique identifiers are given in column "frg_id1" and in column "frg_id2".</li> <li>relations-similarity.csv (47x2):  "similarity" relationships between fragments. matrix. Column "frg_id" gives a fragment unique identifier, column "su_id" gives a unique identifier for the group of similar fragments it belongs to (similarity unit).</li> <li>fragments.csv (177x8): contextual information concerning each fragment, with the following columns: <ul> <li>frg_id: unique fragment identifier</li> <li>layer:  stratigraphic layer</li> <li>zmin: minimal depth in centimetres where the fragment was found</li> <li>zmax: maximal depth in centimetres where the fragment was found</li> <li>square: square where the fragment was found</li> <li>sherd.type: type of pottery sherd</li> <li>thickness: thickness of the fragments in millimetres</li> <li>length: length of the fragments in millimetres</li> </ul> </li> </ul>

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, kiln mouth being fed, 1970.

[KSA QAR 1970.15] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra. Pottery production, kiln mouth being fed, as documented 1970.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, 1969.

[KSA QAR 1969.24] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra. Pottery production, as documented 1969.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, typology, 1970.

[KSA QAR 1969.06] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra. Pottery production, typology, 1970.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production in Dugha al-Gharāsh, 1969.

[KSA QAR 1969.29] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12204761">Jabal al-Qāra</a>. Pottery production in the cave known as <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99941895">Dugha al-Gharāsh</a>, as documented 1969.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, 1969.

[KSA QAR 1969.25] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra. Pottery production as documented 1969.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, 1969.

[KSA QAR 1969.28] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, 1969.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, kiln, 1968

[KSA QAR 1968.25] Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. al-Ḥasāʾ, Jabal al-Qāra (جَبَل ٱلْقَارَة). Pottery production, kiln, empty and seen from above, 1968.

3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: PT-PC-BAPD-9041833, Athenian black-figure tripod pyxis, Amasis Painter

This 3D dataset is related to the publication: <ul> <li>Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2023). "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353038967_Contributions_of_3D_digital_methods_and_techniques_to_the_study_of_ancient_pottery">Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery</a>". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.269-291. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)</li> </ul> 3D processed dataset for object BAPD-9041833 from a private collection in Portugal. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. BAPD-9041833 is an Athenian black-figure tripod pyxis, Amasis Painter, dating from c. 575-525 BCE and unknown provenance (BAPD, 2021; Morais et al., 2021). Aims: 3D digital documentation; morphological characterization; technological and functional analysis of archaeological Greek pottery. Data acquisition: at the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP), with a portable non-contact structured white light scanner, Breukmann smartSCAN3D-HE, equipped with stereo colour cameras at 250 mm FOV. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Data processing: 23 scans aligned and merged. PT-PC-BAPD-9041833_3D01.ply: non-manifold edges, self-intersections, small components, and small tunnels in the mesh automatically fixed, noise data removed; orientation and position normalised. PT-PC-BAPD-9041833_3D01-holesFilled.ply: holes filled for calculation of material density, filling volume, and centre of mass. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Access to the BAPD-9041833 was granted by its private collector. When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID (BAPD-9041833) reference to the physical object.

3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: PT-PC-Athens-1814, Attic white ground lekythos, Sappho Painter

This 3D dataset is related to the publication: <ul> <li>Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2023). "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353038967_Contributions_of_3D_digital_methods_and_techniques_to_the_study_of_ancient_pottery">Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery</a>". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.269-291. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)</li> </ul> 3D processed dataset for object Athens-1814 from a private collection in Portugal. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Athens-1814 is an Attic white ground lekythos, Sappho Painter, dating from c. 490 BCE, and from the Necropolis of Piraeus, Athens (Edward Dodwell, before 1805) (Morais et al., 2021). Aims: 3D digital documentation; morphological characterization; technological and functional analysis of archaeological Greek pottery. Data acquisition: at the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP), with a portable non-contact structured white light scanner, Breukmann smartSCAN3D-HE, equipped with stereo colour cameras at 250 mm FOV. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Data processing: 26 scans aligned and merged. PT-PC-Athens-1814_3D01.ply: non-manifold edges, self-intersections, small components, and small tunnels in the mesh automatically fixed, noise data removed; orientation and position normalised. PT-PC-Athens-1814_3D01-holesFilled.ply: holes filled for calculation of material density, filling volume, and centre of mass. Mesh is not watertight (inner surface not digitised due to occlusion). Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Access to the Athens-1814 was granted by its private collector. When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID (Athens-1814) reference to the physical object.

3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: MHNC-UP-020060, Gnathian cup-skyphos, Laurel Spray Group

This 3D dataset is related to the publication: <ul> <li>Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2023). "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353038967_Contributions_of_3D_digital_methods_and_techniques_to_the_study_of_ancient_pottery">Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery</a>". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.269-291. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)</li> </ul> 3D processed dataset for object MHNC-UP-020060 in the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. MHNC-UP-020060 is a Gnathian cup-skyphos, Laurel Spray Group, dating from c. 330 BCE and unknown provenance (Rocha Pereira & Morais, 2007; Morais, 2019; Morais et al., 2021). Aims: 3D digital documentation; morphological characterization; technological and functional analysis of archaeological Greek pottery. Data acquisition: at the MHNC-UP, with a portable non-contact structured white light scanner, Breukmann smartSCAN3D-HE, equipped with stereo colour cameras at 250 mm FOV. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Data processing: 24 scans aligned and merged. MHNC-UP-020060_3D01.ply: non-manifold edges, self-intersections, small components, and small tunnels in the mesh automatically fixed, noise data removed; orientation and position normalised. MHNC-UP-020060_3D01-holesFilled.ply: holes filled for calculation of material density, filling volume, and centre of mass. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Access to the MHNC-UP-020060 was granted by the MHNC-UP. When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID (MHNC-UP-020060) reference to the physical object.

3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: MHNC-UP-020058, Apulian red-figure lekanis, Circle of the Patera and the Baltimore Painter

This 3D dataset is related to the publication: <ul> <li>Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2022). "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353038967_Contributions_of_3D_digital_methods_and_techniques_to_the_study_of_ancient_pottery">Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery</a>". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.269-291. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)</li> </ul> 3D processed dataset for object MHNC-UP-020058 (two parts: lid and vessel) in the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. MHNC-UP-020058 is an Apulian red-figure lekanis, Circle of the Patera and the Baltimore Painter, dating from c. 330 BCE and unknown provenance (Rocha Pereira & Morais, 2007; Morais, 2019; Morais et al., 2021). Aims: 3D digital documentation; morphological characterization; technological and functional analysis of archaeological Greek pottery. Data acquisition: at the MHNC-UP, with a portable non-contact structured white light scanner, Breukmann smartSCAN3D-HE, equipped with stereo colour cameras at 250 mm FOV. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Data processing: 44 (lid) + 41 (vessel) scans aligned and merged in 2 separate parts (a, b). MHNC-UP-020058_3D01.ply: non-manifold edges, self-intersections, small components, and small tunnels in the mesh automatically fixed, noise data removed; orientation and position normalised. MHNC-UP-020058_3D01-holesFilled.ply: holes filled for calculation of material density, filling volume, and centre of mass. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Access to the MHNC-UP-020058 was granted by the MHNC-UP. When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID (MHNC-UP-020058) reference to the physical object.

3D Archaeological Greek Pottery: MHNC-UP-020052, Corinthian globular aryballos

This 3D dataset is related to the publication: <ul> <li>Moitinho de Almeida, V. (2023). "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353038967_Contributions_of_3D_digital_methods_and_techniques_to_the_study_of_ancient_pottery">Contributions of 3D digital methods and techniques to the study of ancient pottery</a>". In Myths, Gods, and Heroes. Greek vase collections in Portugal / Mitos, Deuses e Heróis. As coleções de vasos gregos em Portugal. R. Morais, R. Centeno, D. Ferreira (eds.). Câmara Municipal de Santa Maria da Feira - Museu Convento dos Lóios; Reitoria da Universidade do Porto; Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto; Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra. Pp.269-291. (ISBN: 978-989-8183-25-5)</li> </ul> 3D processed dataset for object MHNC-UP-020052 in the Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP), Portugal. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. MHNC-UP-020052 is a Corinthian globular aryballos, dating from c. 575-550 BCE and unknown provenance (Rocha Pereira & Morais, 2007; Morais, 2019; Morais et al., 2021). Aims: 3D digital documentation; morphological characterization; technological and functional analysis of archaeological Greek pottery. Data acquisition: at the MHNC-UP, with a portable non-contact structured white light scanner, Breukmann smartSCAN3D-HE, equipped with stereo colour cameras at 250 mm FOV. Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Data processing: 23 scans aligned and merged. MHNC-UP-020052_3D01.ply: non-manifold edges, self-intersections, small components, and small tunnels in the mesh automatically fixed, noise data removed; orientation and position normalised. MHNC-UP-020052_3D01-holesFilled.ply: holes filled for calculation of material density, filling volume, and centre of mass. Mesh is not watertight (inner surface not digitised due to occlusion). Additional metadata included in associated spreadsheet. Access to the MHNC-UP-020052 was granted by the MHNC-UP. When citing this material: please include the original inventory ID (MHNC-UP-020052) reference to the physical object.