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Erik Johansson
Earthenware Change in Southern Scandinavia. The Case of Lund, 1150–1350
Lund Studies in Historical Archaeology 25
2026 | 373 s. | engelska,

ISSN: 1653-1183
ISBN: 978-91-90055-72-4, 978-91-90055-73-1

This doctoral thesis investigates mediaeval earthenware production, distribution and consumption based on material from Lund, Sweden, moving beyond simple technological shifts to explore the interplay of material factors, social practices, and economic influences. It presents a typology of hard greyware, redware and glazed redware, as well as the chemical analysis of circa 400 samples. The study argues that changes in pottery– particularly the rise of glazed redware jugs – were not driven by isolated innovations but rather by interconnected activities, reshaping consumption patterns. This thesis also highlights the relatively slow response of hard greyware practices to the collapse of Baltic ware traditions around 1200, in which several functions previously held by the diverse Baltic ware, likely became replaced with containers of different materials.