Ceramic production on the Middle Danube frontier: Belgrade in the 14th and 15th centuries

• The first systematic study of Late Medieval ceramic production in the Middle Danube. Reports results scientific analyses 112 samples from Belgrade. Two technological traditions local to Belgrade are defined. Military frontier influenced craft organisation This paper discusses a micro-scale technology, provenance and during 14th-15th centuries (the period). is situated context Danube examines impact long-term military pressure on craftsmanship reconstructed by methods petrographic chemical ceramics consumed two households Belgrade’s intra extra muros settlements. indicate that distinct flourished 14th 15th century respectively, each attached different community practice. was diversified way suggests distribution networks workshops were aimed at social groups. It suggested this mode developed as consequence divisions events frontier.