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Journal Article 
Physicochemical characterisation of pottery from the Vinca culture, Serbia, regarding the firing temperature and decoration techniques 
Perisic, N; Maric-Stojanovic, M; Andric, V; Mioc, UB; Damjanovic, L 
2016 
1 
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society
ISSN: 0352-5139
EISSN: 1820-7421 
81 
12 
1415-1426 
WOS:000392946100008 
A study of decorated Neolithic pottery samples from the excavation site Plocnik, Serbia, was performed using X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy. The investigated samples belong to the era of the Vinca culture that existed in the central Balkan region from the mid VI until the first half of the V millennium BCE. The mineralogical composition of the pottery samples and comparison of the investigated pottery with thermally treated local clay indicated firing temperatures in the range from 600 to 800 degrees C. Two different types of white pigments were identified in white incrusted decorations: calcium carbonate and bone white (composed of crushed bones). This is the first evidence of the use of bones for decorations in pottery of the Vinca culture from the excavation site Plocnik. In addition to this, it was revealed that the potters used the iron reduction technique for obtaining black decorations. 
ancient ceramics; bone; pigments; FTIR spectroscopy; XRF spectroscopy 
• Inorganic Mercury Salts (2)
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