Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 32/2. (2012)
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118 К. В. Ötvös-К. Sidó and northern side are not that obvious. Looking at the spread of pottery on the surface the extent of the site occupies a perimeter of 2 km (Pi. 1/2, marked with yellow) and lies to 1.5 km from the Mures River and 0.5 km from the Lu| stream. Its highest elevation point is 353 m and the lowest is 334 m. The finds on the surface appear more concentrated on the uphill part of the terrace (Pi. 1/2, marked with red). The processed ceramic material comes from a less-known Roman site near Glodeni and it is the result of several field walks. In this case, contextual analyses could not be compiled. In the analysis two main directions were used. The first one deals with technological information, the second one concentrates on the characteristics of the shreds. These two directions are the simplest divisions of the methodological components (Peacock 1970, 375). As technological data we looked for answers connected to firing, temper, the granulation of wares, treatment of the surface, dimensions (diameter, thickness), and quantification. The other direction includes analyses about functional and in some cases typological data. The conclusion part of the study uses information from both methodological directions, resulting in additional comparative analyses. All the data was stored in a Microsoft Access database, and the analyses were effectuated macroscopically. The next step would involve chemical analyses, which could correlate to our results and supply further data. The number of shreds, in the case of a contextually unknown and only partially recovered material, due to its way of collection, is only relevant in proportion to the disposed analyses, which need numeric data in order to be expressed and compared. The ceramic material is represented by 316 pottery fragments, only two of them being part of the same, the others coming from different vessels. The firing of pottery involves a range of other data related to the capacity of the potter, possibilities of firing, characteristics of the kiln and fashion. In case of the ceramic material from Glodeni, it is clear, that just as in other provincial Roman settlements the preferred vessels were the ones fired in oxidized atmosphere, representing 95% of the material, the remaining 5% being burnt in reduced atmosphere (Fig. 1). Most of the material presents signs, that the vessels have been intensely burnt, which means that the kilns could reach high temperatures. В oxidizing J reducing Fig. 1. Firing of sherds. Fig. 2. Distribution of temper groups of the ceramic material. The temper of the shreds was defined by identifiable components (Fig. 2). The main temper material was sand, this appears in cases when other details cannot be recognized and the granulation is lower, in other words, these are the fine wares. Fine wares were also tempered with fine sand and no inclusions can be seen with the naked eye (44 fragments). Mica is the
