Oetzi's Pottery Kiln by sandra46

Photography • Historical • posted on Dec 01, 2012

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Here you can see the pottery kiln on the left and a hole in the ground to fire pottery in the open. The last method was one of the first used to make vessels.It was a method where the temperature was not easily regulated and the loss higher than in the more advanced method of firing vessels in a kiln. To fashion the walls of a pot, the coil technique was used, whereby a series of clay 'sausages' or rolled strips are laid on top of one another. The pottery used by Oetzi and other villagers at this time and geographical area belonged to the Europe-wide Beaker Culture. Another name is Bell Beakers, from the bell-shaped beakers they used. In northern Italy, Bell Beakers sites are spread throughout but have their highest concentration in Lombardy and western Veneto. In general on the Bell Beakers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_culture An academic article on the Bell Beakers : http://www.thefreelibrary.com/What+linked+the+Bell+Beakers+in+third+millennium+BC+Europe%3F-a0166308354 Unfortunately Oetzi didn't have any pottery with him, so we don't know exactly which village he came from. In order to have an idea of a vessel he might have used, you can see here: http://www.iceman.it/en/ceramicbowl#schluessel Thanks for your kind comments.

Comments (41)

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virginiese

10:48AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Very interesting explanations and I love your capture

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Jean_C

11:01AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Your series about Oetzi is very interesting, nice shot too!

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durleybeachbum

11:02AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

This is so interesting to me, a trained studio potter.

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Leije

11:04AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Very interesting capture and infos!

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eekdog Online Now!

11:05AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

great job on info and capture.

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claude19

11:16AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

splendid capture and intersting informations !!!

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Faemike55

11:25AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Very cool photo and information

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X-PaX

11:28AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Very nice capture. Thank you also for the information.

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Radar_rad-dude

11:40AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

A wonderful history and fine photo, Sandra! Bravo!

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magnus073

11:47AM | Sat, 01 December 2012

What a wonderful capture Sandra, and I was totally captivated by the subject matter. Thanks for making my day :)

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brycek

12:36PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Wonderful capture and information!!

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jayfar

1:04PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

This is a marvelous insight into Oetzi's life Sandra. Super pic.

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Star4mation

1:17PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Super photo and info, Sandra :)

alanwilliams

2:32PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

a wonderful image

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jac204

4:13PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Nice image and interesting history.

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0rest4wicked

4:21PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Great tour Sandra!

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SIGMAWORLD Online Now!

4:25PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Interesting photo.

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bazza

5:53PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Interesting Sandra well done!!

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jeroni

6:10PM | Sat, 01 December 2012

Fantastic work

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renecyberdoc

12:05AM | Sun, 02 December 2012

of course he could not carry all his pottery around when crossing the alps hehehe(joking).

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wysiwig

1:02AM | Sun, 02 December 2012

Fascinating history. Bell shaped potery was also found at Stonehenge in England. Your pictures and histories make me wonder about Oetzi. Wa he a criminal being chased or was he killed by members of a rival village? Did he have a family that missed him? Did he leave behind children whose descendents are alive today in Northern Italy?

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drifterlee

10:50AM | Sun, 02 December 2012

This is really interesting. Wonderful shot, Sandra!

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lyron

11:18AM | Sun, 02 December 2012

Fantastic capture!!!

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cricke49

1:55PM | Sun, 02 December 2012

a most intriguing commentary, and a wonderful capture of the kilns!:)*5

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JuliSonne

5:46PM | Sun, 02 December 2012

How hard the life was before. I'm glad to live in this day and age. Super, Sandra

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UteBigSmile

10:25AM | Mon, 03 December 2012

♥ Ein toller Schnappschuss (die haben nach dem Fund vom Ötzi ja den ganzen Berg umgegraben) - schaut interessant aus!

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Chipka

10:25PM | Mon, 03 December 2012

Ötsi is a man of many mysteries. I wonder if we'll learn more about him by actually deciphering his rather cryptic tattoos. He has a few! I love this photo as well. I also love the idea that in a sense, you traveled back in time! Well, it looks like it. All we need to see here, are pots already fired and other pots waiting to be fired, and a patient master or mistress of ceramics, making clay sausages and probably arguing with another clay master or mistress about the relative merits of the "left hand coil" as opposed to the oh-so-common "right-hand-coil"...which the make over in that other hut with the funny-shaped kiln! Ancient, state of the art technology is quite brilliant: so simple and elegant, and what's best is...it still works! Wonderful work here! Fantastic information!

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