%0 Journal Article %T Ceramic technology used in the production of easily abradable pottery (Pakoszówka-Bessów type) from Bessów site 3 in the light of archaeometric analysis %A Okońska, Magdalena %A Daszkiewicz, Małgorzata %A Bobryk, Ewa %J Acta Archaeologica Carpathica %V 2018 %N Vol LIII %P 97-128 %K archaeometric analysis, chemical analysis, MGR-analysis, Przeworsk culture, wheelmade pottery %@ 0001-5229 %D 2018 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/acta-archaeologica-carpathica/article/ceramic-technology-used-in-the-production-of-easily-abradable-pottery-pakoszowka-bessow-type-from-bessow-site-3-in-the-light-of-archaeometric-analysis %X The term Pakoszówka-Bessów type pottery is used to describe a specific kind of wheelmade pottery with easily abradable surfaces mostly dated to the 3rd century AD. Site 3 in Bessów, Bochnia Commune, Lesser Poland, is located in the dense Przeworsk culture settlement micro-region occupying the right bank of the lower reaches of the Raba River. The most characteristic feature of locally produced artefacts from Bessów, and to a lesser extent from other sites in the region, is the presence of enormous amounts of this pottery. The aim of laboratory analyses carried out on Pakoszówka-Bessów type pottery from Bessów was to verify the hypothesis that abradability of sherd surfaces is attributable to the alteration effect.