Summary (English)
In July 2012, research was undertaken on the ground to check the traces observed on aereal photographs across the site of Bostel and surroundings, while the excavation concentrated on structure C1. This related to a workshop inside which were a number of pottery kilns. The main aim was to complete the investigation of one of the kilns and establish its function, structure, firing techniques used, and phases of use.
The workshop structure in the proto-historic village of Bostel, denominated C1 is, without doubt, exceptional within the ambit of alpine settlements dating to the II Iron Age period. The presence of four kilns suggests a craft production supplying the settlement itself, rather than just one family. It is presumed the kilns were used for firing pottery vessels, as suggested by the large quantity of vases (jars, carenated drinking cups etc) completely or in large part reconstructable, found close to the mouths of the kilns themselves.
The excavated kiln, situated south-east of C1, was a simple structure not comparable to other vertical kilns with perforated firing floor, given the absence of the latter.
- Armando De Guio - Università degli Studi di Padova - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali 
Director
- Carlo Bressan - Museo Archeologico dell’Altopiano dei Sette Comuni Vicentini
Team
- Gessica Ferrari
- Chiara Padovan
- Riccardo Mantoan
Research Body
- Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Archeologia
Funding Body
- Regione Veneto
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