Theses and Dissertations

Anisa Mara

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Peacock, Evan

Committee Member

Hardin, James W.

Committee Member

Bejko, Lorenc

Committee Member

Galaty, Michael L.

Date of Degree

8-10-2018

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Applied Anthropology

Degree Name

Master of Arts

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures

Abstract

Pottery, as an artifact, is often used as evidence of exchange patterns among groups during prehistory. This research incorporates paradigmatic classification and petrography to answer questions related to provenience, production mode, and exchange patterns of handmade prehistoric pottery from Gajtan, Zagorë, Kodër Boks, Tumuli 088 and 099 in Shkodër, in Northern Albania. Pottery samples analyzed in this study were collected from test excavations by the Shkodra Archaeological Project (PASH). The results yielded evidence that the area has sufficient local clay sources and other easily accessible natural resources to produce pottery in a domestic mode. Gajtan and Zagorë appeared as two distinct entities, but the former settlement seems to have played a dominant role as a production and distribution center within the region. Results from this study indicate that pots appear to have played an important socio-economic role in northern Albania, across time and space.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/19798

Comments

Prehistoric pottery||Albanian Archaeology||ceramic petrography||paradigmatic classification||production centers. ceramic exchange||trade patterns

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