标题：Archaeometric studies on Early Bronze Age pottery from Vörs-Máriaasszony-sziget / Archeometriai vizsgálatok korabronzkori kerámián, Vörs-Máriaasszony-sziget
摘要：This study presents the results of the petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical analysis of Kisapostag Culture
(Early Bronze Age) pottery (jars or urns/amphorae) from Vörs-Máriaasszony-sziget. This study forms a part of a major
project on pottery analysis at a multi-period archaeological site. Pottery samples were chosen through macroscopic
examination of fabric and form and the investigations were based on thin section petrography, X-ray Powder
Diffraction (XRPD), X-ray Fluorescence Analysis (XRF) and Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA). For
comparison, coeval samples from a nearby settlement site – Vörs-Tótok dombja – were examined. The petrographic,
mineralogical and geochemical properties of the sherds were compared to potential raw materials, obtained from
closed archaeological units at Vörs-Máriaasszony-sziget (soil samples), from shallow boreholes drilled on
Máriaasszony-sziget (sand samples), and from a nearby clay mine in Vörs-Battyánpuszta, 2 km north-east of the site
(clay samples). The petrographic and geochemical characteristics of Kisapostag ceramics were also compared to that
of the earliest ceramics of the site of Starčevo culture.
It was found that most of the ceramics both from Máriaaszony-sziget and Tótok dombja were tempered with grog, while
in the case of two sherds from Máriaasszony-sziget carbonate sand was used as temper. That clearly reflects the use of
two distinct pottery making recipes. Mineralogical composition of the ceramics and the potential raw materials are
very similar, however, there are differences in geochemical composition, concerning both major and trace elements.
The results of the petrographic analysis of sandy sediments of the site and clays from Battyánpuszta suggest that the
raw material source of the majority of the ceramics was most probably in the closest vicinity of Máriaasszony-sziget.The petrographic and geochemical composition of the two carbonate sand tempered sherds might reflect either the use
of a different raw material source or the treatment of the extensively used natural sediment
