A Celtic pottery kiln from Spodnja Hajdina near Ptuj

Abstract

In Ptuj, well known for the remains of the Roman town Poetovio, there are numerous traces of La Tene occupation. On various locations, such as the Castle Hill, the Panorama hill, in Rabelčja vas and Brstje on the left bank and in Skorba and Spodnja Hajdina on the right bank of the river Drava, metal and ceramic finds have been uncovered which belong to the Celtic material culture of the 3rd to the 1st centuries BC. The discoveries of the updraught-type pottery kiln in Spodnja Hajdina and of the remains of three similar kilns on the Tournament field below the Castle clearly show that Ptuj was permanently settled by the Celts. These finds also provide important data on Celtic pottery production.