Die Lübecker Keramikchronologie vom 12. bis zum 16. Jahrhundert

After the publication of the timber periods I-IV [ca. 1143-1200, cf. LSAK 27] and the brick periods V-VIII [13th-20th century, cf. LSAK 28] the 185,000 pottery sherds of the 12th to 16th century are now published. Thus only the glass finds and the second large-scale excavation until 2014 remain to be published. For the pottery, the largest complex of its period in the whole of Germany if not Europe, a special path has been taken in the face of the enormous quantity, good stratification, and close dendro-dating, which involved focussing on stratigraphically closed find complexes instead of individual sherds and statistically analysing the chronology of ware types, functional types, and shapes. Old-fashioned globular pots and Slavic pottery [12th century] were followed by an explosive multiplication of functional types and shapes around A. D. 1200. By the late 13th century stonewares emerged, while the 15th century saw the second substantial change, this time towards Early Modern red earthenwares. For middle-class people imported pottery often acted as a substitute for vessels of precious metals and glass used by the upper classes. Further research will be desirable for technical problems, faiences, or porcelain.