Die Zeit vor und nach der Schlacht am Fluvius Frigidus (394 n.Chr.) im Spiegel der siidostalpinen Gebrauchskeramik

Abstract

The most important elements of the decoration of late Roman coarse pottery are presented: combed decoration, which represents the basic motif, wavy lines, and polishing. On the basis of abundant comparative material, the author classifies the eastern Alpine material to a narrow chronological span and indicates its source. She discusses apparent changes in the pottery after the settlement of the Ostrogothic- Alanic groups under the leadership of Alatheus and Safrax, and notes the insufficient investigation of such material in southeastern Europe, which could be decisive in solving this problem. General tendencies are noted in the development of southeastern Alpine coarse pottery. In the last quarter of the 4th century, a single wavy line appears on coarse pottery with combed decoration. This phenomenon coincides chronologically with the first production of pottery with polished ornamentation in the Romanic pottery workshops along the central section of the Danubian limes. Problems related to the origins of polished decoration also arise. It seems that such decoration is relevant only in those provinces where the La Tene tradition was retained up to the beginning of the Migration period. Southeastern elements of decorating pottery arrived through post-Valentianian Pannonia, and were adopted into the Romanic population pottery production of the 5th and 6th centuries.