32 articles in this issue
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Jan Kock
Medieval potters’ kilns and pottery in Denmark – a prelude By Jan KockBased on a brief presentation of the kilns found at Hellum, Kragelund and Barmer, as well as the finds from Fredsø, Radby, Lindholtgård and the older finds from Farum Lillevang and Faur... see more
Ann Birgitte Jessen
The pottery from Kragelund By Anne Birgitte JessenThe pottery from the kiln and the waster pit from Kragelund come from at least 54 vessels primarily of the types, pitcher, pot and bowl. All the vessel types are mainly coil built . The pitchers however ar... see more
Asmund Birkals, Per Bugge Vegger
The pottery from the kiln in Fredsø By Asmund Birkals and Per Bugge VeggerDuring the excavation of a small kiln construction in Fredsø, 217 pieces of pottery appeared. Since the construction was quite disturbed by fieldwork at the time of the excavation, ... see more
Niels-Knud Liebgott
The pottery from Farum Lillevang By Niels-Knud LiebgottThe pottery that was found when the kilns at Farum Lillevang were excavated in 1953 (see article on the Farum Lillevang Kilns) provoked a re-evaluation of the pre-existing view that all glazed and dec... see more
The pottery from Faurholm By Niels-Knud LiebgottThe total amount of pottery collected during the investigation of the Faurholm kilns in 1974 makes up about 1 cubic metre. By far the largest part of this was found in the western kiln, KILN 1, and it consis... see more
Morten Søvsø
The waster from the potter in Illerup By Morten SøvsøThe article deals with two finds of pottery remains from the Illerup river valley near Skanderborg. A survey of the material reveals that there were distinct differences between the types of vessels in ... see more
Asmund Birkals
A waster from a potters’ workshop in Åle. A presentation of the tendencies in the pottery forms By Asmund BirkalsA large find of pottery was made in 1955 in the central part of Jutland. In the town of Åle about 400 kilos of pottery were unearthed in an ar... see more
Eskil Arentoft
Products from the potter in Radby By Eskil ArentoftThe pottery fired in the Radby kiln belongs to a type designated as “Funen black ware”. The pottery was produced on Funen during a long period from the late Middle Ages to about the year 1900. In contrast... see more
The Hellum kiln. A potter’s kiln from the early Middle Ages By Jan KockIn 1983, a medieval potter’s kiln was discovered in a field near the western outskirts of the village of Hellum, east of Rold Skov. The kiln is of a vertical type, with the firing cham... see more
Ann Bodilsen
Earthenware from Lindholtgård By Ann BodilsenThe majority of the earthenware stems from the waster pit or the stoke pit and is made up of misfired or discarded pottery, while in the kiln itself only single potsherds were found. The majority of the pottery... see more
Ole Kristiansen
Peter Potter in Slagelse. Stove tiles and matrixes from the potter's waster By Ole KristiansenIn the years 1981-82, the National Museum excavated waster from a Renaissance pottery and stove tile workshop in Slagelse. The potter's kiln itself was not found... see more
Egon Hansen
Diary of kiln experiments with the kilns from Hellum, Barmer and Kragelund, spring and summer, 1987 By Egon HansenAs a member of the local museum staff, museum assistant Egon Hansen, from the Prehistoric Museum, was responsible for many of the practical a... see more
Birgit Als Hansen, Morten Aaman Sørensen
Background for the reconstruction of the kilns in 1987. Construction, technology and materials By Birgit Als Hansen and Morten Aaman SørensenIn the space of a few years, three medieval pottery kilns were discovered and excavated in Jutland. The kilns appe... see more
Jan Kock, Lone Schmidt
Potters and potters’ kilns. Ethnological and ethnographic parallels By Jan Kock and Lone SchmidtEthnological and ethnographic parallels in traditional pottery making can be very important for our understanding of the remains of medieval pottery kilns foun... see more
The kilns from Barmer. Potter’s kilns from the 14th century By Jan KockTwo potter’s kilns were found near the village of Barmer, in western Himmerland. Both are the horizontal type of kiln, with the firing chamber placed in continuation of the fire chambe... see more
Andes Lindahl
Laboratory analyses of the potsherds from Hellum, Barmer and Kragelund By Anders LindahlLaboratory analyses of the potsherds from Hellum, Barmer and Kragelund were performed in order to study the manufacturing techniques at the different sites. During the... see more
Hugo Rasmussen
Measuring the firing temperature in reconstructed medieval pottery kilns By Hugo RasmussenThis article explains how measurements are done and the technical prerequisites for measuring the temperature. In this series of experiments, 48 temperature sensors ... see more
Annette B. Bibby, Inge Sell
The pottery and kiln from Hellum and a discription of the firing By Annette B. Bibby & Inge SellDuplicating the Hellum kiln consists of reconstructing both the kiln itself and the pottery vessels to be fired in it. The original vessels are all spherical p... see more
Rikke Barlebo
The pottery and kiln from Barmer and the result of the firing By Rikke BarleboIn 1984 the remains of two medieval pottery kilns were found at Barmer, southwest of Aalborg. On the basis of the knowledge revealed by the archaeological excavation in 1985 and... see more
Birgit Als Hansen, Morten Aaman Sørensen, Jens Chr. Ørting
The Kragelund kiln. Reconstruction of a kiln and firing of the pottery By Birgit Als Hansen, Morten Aaman Sørensen and Jens Christian Ørting.The kiln from Kragelund was the largest and most complicated of the three kilns in the experiment. The lower part,... see more
Lone Schmidt
Medieval lead-glazed pottery – an experiment By Lone SchmidtPottery has been produced in Denmark for thousands of years, often of very high quality. In the early Middle Ages the technique was vigorously developed as new aids such as the potter’s wheel wer... see more
Anne Birgitte Jessen
The Kragelund kiln By Anne Birgitte JessenIn 1984 a kiln was excavated in the village of Kragelund near Silkeborg. The kiln contained a flue and a kiln chamber placed horizontally in relation to each other, which classes it as a double-chambered horizonta... see more
The kiln of a potter in Fredsø By Asmund Birkals and Per Bugge VeggerIn 1994, an excavation in a building structure in the countryside led to the uncovering of a small kiln construction in Fredsø on the island of Mors in the Limfjord. Repeated ploughing m... see more
The Farum Lillevang kilns By Niels-Knud LiebgottFarum Lillevang is situated about 25 km north of Copenhagen. The complex of medieval kilns there was discovered in 1953 in connection with an investigation of a deserted village (mentioned in 1370) carried o... see more
The Faurholm kilns By Niels-Knud LiebgottThis medieval pottery-kiln complex was found in 1973 at Faurholm, some 35 km north of Copenhagen. The find came to light in connection with the construction of a road across an open field. In 1974 the present autho... see more
Project: Medieval Potters’ Kilns By Jan KockPotters’ kilns first came into use in Denmark in the early Middle Ages. Until the early 1980s, only two medieval potter’s kilns were known of in this country. In a very short period of time, from 1983 on, three ... see more
The Linholtgård kiln By Ann BodilsenIn 1998, upon exploring a ploughed windbreak at Lindholtgård in Sevel parish (fig. 1), a good deal of misfired pottery and large clumps of fired clay were registered, apparently originating from a potter’s kiln. In June... see more
The pottery from Hellum By Jan KockSherds from approx. 70 vessels were found in the fire chamber itself. With the exception of a couple of sherds, all were from round pots, with an opening-diameter of 4-20 cm. All the vessels are pressed and coil-built, t... see more
The pottery from Barmer By Jan KockConsiderable pottery has been found in and around kilns I and II, all made of fine, sand-tempered clay. Almost all the pottery is coil built and pressed up. The main forms are bowls with a rounded body and base and out-b... see more