No. XXV-1 (1994)
Articles

Chronology of the Earliest Use of the Potter’s Wheel in the Central Balkans

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  • Biljana Đorđević Bogdanović
Biljana Đorđević Bogdanović
Institute for Balkan Studies, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Published 01.12.1994

Keywords

  • Central Balkans,
  • Celts,
  • archaeology,
  • Iron Age,
  • Paionia

How to Cite

Đorđević Bogdanović, B. (1994). Chronology of the Earliest Use of the Potter’s Wheel in the Central Balkans. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXV-1), 39–52. Retrieved from https://balcanica.rs/index.php/journal/article/view/757

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Abstract

It is generally accepted that the potter's wheel was introduced to the area of the Central Balkans by the Celts. The fact that fragments ol wheel-thrown pottery (dating from the 6th to the 4th centuries B.C.) have been found on some thirty Early Iron Age sites in the Central Balkans questions this widely accepted premise. Bearing in mind that the use ol the wheel on the territory of Paionia dominates pottery manufacture as early as the 6th century B.C. it is possible to suggest that the appearance ol such vessels in the area of the Central Balkans may not be accidental.
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