Estudio de la cerámica bajomedieval en Vitoria, a través de la intervención practicada en la manzana II

Abstract

In the present work the authors present a formal petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical study, of some of the medieval pieces of pottery found in the diggings carried out in the so-called Block II, situated in the town of Vitoria. The study covered both the (imported) micaceous pottery, originating from granitic lands, and local ceramics in which different kinds of ceramics pastes and elaborations have been distinguished. It has also been verified that some of the differences in the mineralogy are due to deficiencies in the baking of the paste, in which a more reduced baking is maintained, which does not actually descarbonatise all the paste, maintaining a greyish texture.