The Manaledi Clay Mine: a ca. 1500 Year-Long Record of Potting from a Single Clay Source in the Tswapong Hills, Eastern Botswana

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2019-12-02 DOI:10.1163/21915784-20190013

E. Wilmsen, A. Griffiths, D. Killick, P. Thebe

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Current potters in Manaledi village in the Tswapong Hills of Botswana aver that they and their ancestors for five generations have made pottery exclusively with clay from nearby sources. We begin with an examination of Manaledi and its clay mine to uncover current dialectics between village, landscape, clay, potters, and ancestors. Archaeological sherds found around the village and clay sources document occupation by makers of Early Iron Age (ca. AD 500-750), Middle Iron Age (ca. AD 750-1050), Late Iron Age (ca. AD 1420-1800), and 18th-20th century wares related to current Manaledi pottery. The proximity of archaeological deposits, clay sources, and village made it possible to conduct simultaneously what might otherwise be considered three separate projects. As a consequence, we are able to document that Manaledi clays have been used to make pottery for some 1500 years and to consider long-standing constraints on potting this implies.

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马纳莱迪粘土矿：博茨瓦纳东部Tswapong山一个粘土源的约1500年盆栽记录

博茨瓦纳Tswapong山Manaledi村目前的陶艺家断言，他们和他们的祖先五代人都只使用附近来源的粘土制作陶器。我们从马纳莱迪及其粘土矿的考察开始，以揭示当前村庄、景观、粘土、陶艺家和祖先之间的辩证法。村庄周围发现的考古碎片和粘土来源记录了铁器时代早期（约公元500-750年）、铁器时代中期（约公元750-1050年）、石器时代晚期（约公元1420-1800年）以及与当前马纳莱迪陶器有关的18-20世纪陶器制造商的占领。考古矿床、粘土来源和村庄的临近使得同时进行可能被视为三个独立项目成为可能。因此，我们能够记录马纳莱迪粘土用于制作陶器已有1500年的历史，并考虑到这意味着对盆栽的长期限制。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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