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ia universitatisFigure 5. Histogram showing the share of different rim site were most likely made out of two previously
bowls with everted r im from stubline 71 diameters of bowls with everted rim from Stubline shaped cones, with the possibility that the lower
(Belgrade City Museum archive). cone has been made using some kind of mould
(Vuković 2011, 95). Vessels from Stubline were
diameter class range (53 specimens), 39 bowls made from local clay tempered with local ad-
have rim diameter from 20–24 cm, 36 of them mixtures, such as crushed river stones and oth-
have 12–16 cm rim diameter, while remaining 17 er types of rocks and minerals, sand and crushed
examples have untypically small or big rim di- pottery. Granulation of admixtures varies from
ameter (Figure 5). Calculated mean rim diam- 0.1 cm to 0.4 cm. Quantity of added temper is
eter is 17.63 with standard deviation 3.91. Only also variable, from very small amount to very
18 bowls had been sufficiently preserved so that high percentage of admixtures. In general terms,
their height could be measured. Six of them fall later examples both in the chronologic and
in the 4–5 cm and seven in the 6–7 cm height stratigraphic sense, have coarser paste with high-
class. The mean value is 5.49, with 1.16 standard er share of temper to clay ratio. There are three
deviation. Although the sample of bowls with main fabric types which correspond to type,
both measurable rims and height is rather small granulation and quantity of admixtures and clay
(18) statistical plot shows that densest grouping refinement quality. Bowls with fine fabric domi-
is represented by seven bowls whose height var- nate the corpus with 69.6%, bowls with interme-
ies from 6 to 7cm with 14–18 rim diameters (Fig- diate fabric have share of 25% share, while coarse
ure 12). fabric bowls with everted rim are the least com-
mon with 5.4% share.
Technology
Bowls with everted rim were handmade using Both outer and inner surfaces of the bowls
traditional Neolithic pottery techniques. They were carefully burnished and smoothened pri-
were certainly modelled using coiling and pinch- or to firing. Bowls were fired in reducing atmos-
ing techniques. Moulding was not directly at- phere, which resulted in typical grey and black
tested, although, based on the intra-site shape surface colour (Figure 6). Only few examples
and metric uniformity, it could be assumed that were probably fired in oxidizing atmosphere re-
great number of the bowls with everted rim were sulting in light ochre colour, while majority of
made using some kind of mould. It has been sug- ochre to reddish coloured bowls were secondary
gested that bowls with everted rim from Vinča burnt (Figure 6). Thus, majority of bowls with
everted rim from Stubline are grey or dark grey
colour. Secondary burning resulted in colour
modification of some examples with uneven col-
oration of the walls, from grey to ochre, and red-
dish tones. Bowls with everted rim from Vasić’s
excavations at Vinča are either black or dark red,
as he reports and publishes them as a part of his
corpus of bucchero bowls (Vasić 1936, 113). Bowls
with everted rim from Gomolava necropolis are
also exclusively of grey colour (Jovanović 2015),
while examples from Divostin houses are of
brick-reddish colour due to the secondary burn-
ing along with other objects in the burnt houses
(Madas 1988). Majority of the bowls with evert-
ed rim at Stubline have slightly altered appear-
ance of the inner and outer surfaces. Significant
bowls with everted r im from stubline 71 diameters of bowls with everted rim from Stubline shaped cones, with the possibility that the lower
(Belgrade City Museum archive). cone has been made using some kind of mould
(Vuković 2011, 95). Vessels from Stubline were
diameter class range (53 specimens), 39 bowls made from local clay tempered with local ad-
have rim diameter from 20–24 cm, 36 of them mixtures, such as crushed river stones and oth-
have 12–16 cm rim diameter, while remaining 17 er types of rocks and minerals, sand and crushed
examples have untypically small or big rim di- pottery. Granulation of admixtures varies from
ameter (Figure 5). Calculated mean rim diam- 0.1 cm to 0.4 cm. Quantity of added temper is
eter is 17.63 with standard deviation 3.91. Only also variable, from very small amount to very
18 bowls had been sufficiently preserved so that high percentage of admixtures. In general terms,
their height could be measured. Six of them fall later examples both in the chronologic and
in the 4–5 cm and seven in the 6–7 cm height stratigraphic sense, have coarser paste with high-
class. The mean value is 5.49, with 1.16 standard er share of temper to clay ratio. There are three
deviation. Although the sample of bowls with main fabric types which correspond to type,
both measurable rims and height is rather small granulation and quantity of admixtures and clay
(18) statistical plot shows that densest grouping refinement quality. Bowls with fine fabric domi-
is represented by seven bowls whose height var- nate the corpus with 69.6%, bowls with interme-
ies from 6 to 7cm with 14–18 rim diameters (Fig- diate fabric have share of 25% share, while coarse
ure 12). fabric bowls with everted rim are the least com-
mon with 5.4% share.
Technology
Bowls with everted rim were handmade using Both outer and inner surfaces of the bowls
traditional Neolithic pottery techniques. They were carefully burnished and smoothened pri-
were certainly modelled using coiling and pinch- or to firing. Bowls were fired in reducing atmos-
ing techniques. Moulding was not directly at- phere, which resulted in typical grey and black
tested, although, based on the intra-site shape surface colour (Figure 6). Only few examples
and metric uniformity, it could be assumed that were probably fired in oxidizing atmosphere re-
great number of the bowls with everted rim were sulting in light ochre colour, while majority of
made using some kind of mould. It has been sug- ochre to reddish coloured bowls were secondary
gested that bowls with everted rim from Vinča burnt (Figure 6). Thus, majority of bowls with
everted rim from Stubline are grey or dark grey
colour. Secondary burning resulted in colour
modification of some examples with uneven col-
oration of the walls, from grey to ochre, and red-
dish tones. Bowls with everted rim from Vasić’s
excavations at Vinča are either black or dark red,
as he reports and publishes them as a part of his
corpus of bucchero bowls (Vasić 1936, 113). Bowls
with everted rim from Gomolava necropolis are
also exclusively of grey colour (Jovanović 2015),
while examples from Divostin houses are of
brick-reddish colour due to the secondary burn-
ing along with other objects in the burnt houses
(Madas 1988). Majority of the bowls with evert-
ed rim at Stubline have slightly altered appear-
ance of the inner and outer surfaces. Significant
