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The biggest pottery production cetre from the Barbarian Europe. Pottery kilns belonging to the Free Dacians of Medieşu Aurit- Şuculeu
Medieşu. Aurit виробництво в Медієшу Ауріт (точно відомо, що діяло воно у II-ПІ ТИСЯЧОЛІТТЯХ Н.Є.), але, враховуючи кількість печей, можна сказати, що це був найбільший гончарний центр варварської Європи. Етнічні ознаки - це форми архаїчного дакійського посуду, виготовлені вручну, з альвеоларними поясами. Вони були поміщені в печі поруч 3 посудом для зберігання харчів. Гончарний центр Медієшу Ауріт, ймовірно, вніс значний вклад у запозичення гончарного кругу вандалами та у поширення кераміки, виробленої за цією технологією на північ від Карпат, у сьогоднішню Південну Польщу. THE BIGGEST POTTERY PRODUCTION CENTRE FROM THE BARBARIAN EUROPE. POTTERY KILNS BELŐ NGING TO THE FREE DACIANS OF MEDIEŞU AURIT- ŞUCULEU In the Upper Tisa Basin, pottery workshops represent the focal point of the settlement research. They were usually located on the outskirts of the settlements in the lowland areas near water courses. Pottery production has grown with the technological transfer from Dacia of the grey stamped pottery production sometimes in the early 3rd century A.D. This period was marked by broad changes in the pottery material culture as almost all Dacian and Germanic forms and archaic technologies disappeared. On this background, we find outstanding the production centre from Medieşu Aurit- Şuculeu, which according to the information we hold is the only one that had worked in the region before the technological transfer from Dacia. The workshops were specialized in producing large storage vessels. The pottery kilns, with a diameter that exceeded 2 m, had a median massive wall on which the grill was put, continuing a tradition from the La Téne period. From the list of products, the stamped ceramic of Roman influence is missing. The workshop where pottery used to be fired consisted of a kiln connected to the service pit by two fire channels. The service pit could be reached by descending the specially designed steps and at their base there was the fire that was maintained burning in the mouth of the fire channels. The vessels were put in the kiln through the opening in the dome from the surface of the soil and they were burned by the hot air that entered through the channels of fire. The ingenious construction of the kiln avoided the direct contact of vessels with the fire and because it was entirely built underground minimized the loss of heat. The pottery centre lies on the high terrace of the Racta River’s marshy waterside, at about 4 km distance from the main road running along the northern terrace of the Someş River. The exceptional quality of the clay, the proximity of water and woods, the latter still visible on the 18th century maps, offered all the necessary conditions for a large-scale pottery production. The archaeological research at Medieşu Aurit - Şuculeu began in 1964, after villagers reported large ceramic fragments on the ploughed land. Until 1970 there were investigated 10 pottery kilns. During the years 2009-2011, an area of 18 hectares went under investigation through the Atelier de ars ceramică cercetat în 2011. Гончарна майстерня, розкопана у 2011 році. Workshop for firing pottery excavated in 2011.
