Achaeometrical Research in Hungary II., 1988

ANALYSES - POTTERY - Erzsébet JEREM - Márta BALLA - László BALÁZS: Early celtic stamped pottery in the eastern Alpine area: workshop activity and trade

from the Celtic cemetery of Mannersdorf (Austria), located some 30 km away. Some other samples are located at the periphery of the cluster of data points determined by Sopron ware. It may still be hypothesised that they represent export specimens from Sopron as well. Fig. 4: Plot of the two principal components showing the spatial distribution of samples In the case of some well-separated samples from Sopron, however, one may hypothesise that different raw materials or technologies were used. It was possible to distinguish between local and imported ware with great certainty. Outstanding results include a Scythian period, so-called Thracian cup with handle (Fig.

8), and the earliest stamped pottery (5th century ВС; Fig.9). A small bowl found in a 4th century ВС grave of the Pöttsching cemetery in Austria (Burgenland; Fig. 10), could be recognised with great certainty as well. On the basis of this appearance and style, this piece of pottery was radically different from those of the LT Period. The above-mentioned significant differences, that point to the presence of imported ware can be also clearly recognised in the figures constructed using various mathematical and statistical methods (Figs.

5 and 6). 9(1