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Kunst für alle? Einige Bemerkungen zur Stempelverzierten Keramik im östlichen Frühlatenebereich

Title in English Art for everybody?Comments on the stamp-decorated pottery in the eastern La Tene area
Authors

GOLÁŇOVÁ Petra

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Kunst und Kommunikation Zentralisierungsprozesse in Gesellschaften des europäischen Barbarikums im 1. Jahrtausend v.chr.
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords "Celtic" art; stamped pottery
Description The stamped ornamentation on wheel-made pottery belongs to the earliest artistic production in the eastern La Tene area. The stamped decoration is associated with the new technology of the potter’s wheel, and only on a limited selection of typical vase shapes. In all regions concentric circles, arcs and »S«-shapes were used; zoomorphic and floral motifs are less common. Although small variations may be detected between the various regions, stamp-decorated wheel-made pottery is everywhere distributed »democratically« in open settlements, defended hillforts and cemeteries. According to the present state of our knowledge, stamp-decorated pottery was not found preferentially in rich graves with wagons or bronze vessels, and we cannot speak of a »courtly« artform or art for a social élite. Furthermore there is no clear evidence for the existence of a centrally controlled production or distribution of this kind of pottery. Stampdecorated pottery is probably the expression of common ideas in the eastern La Tene region, from Bavaria to Transdanubia – perhaps represented in all social levels.

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