Conventions of Arranging Decorated Space on Ceramic Surfaces in the Hallstatt Period – a Metrological and Experimental Approach

Abstract

This paper focuses on the arrangement of decorative motifs on ceramic surfaces, which is not only related to decorative styles and stylistic analysis but also to metrology. Theoretical studies on ceramic decorative styles and ceramics dating to the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age were the basis for archaeological experiments in pottery manufacturing, the aim of which was to find a potential arrangement of decorative elements on the surface of vessels. Experiments in pottery making were complicated in terms of production, and also the placement of ornamental motifs will be presented based on the reconstruction of the painted »waggon model« from the cemetery in Domasław, site 10/11/12 (woj. dolnośląskie / PL). The practical conclusions will be referred to theoretical considerations about the way in which space was perceived and arranged. Theoretical reflections will be associated with ancient Greek ideas and then applied to the Hallstatt Period.