On the dating and function of the Comb Ceramics from Maarinkunnas

Författare

• Sirpa Leskinen

Abstract

This article deals with the relationships of two Neolithic pottery styles. Typical Comb Ware (Ka II ) and Late Comb Ware ( Ka III ), from the 1997 excavation of the Vantaa Maarinkunnas site, southern Finland. with a Special focus on the chronological, typological, and functional aspects of the pottery. In addition to analyses of typology and horizontal and vertical stratigraphy, radiocarbon dates of the organic crust and birch bark pitch on certain vessels are used to study the chronology of Comb Ceramics at Maarinkunnas. Lipid analyses of the crust, which is usually assumed to consist of ancient food remains, provide new information about possible uses of Comb Ceramic pottery.