Our team is working on a new experimental kiln for firing ceramics, inspired by the fascinating Cucuteni culture!
This time, the model is based on a kiln unearthed in the village of Ursoaia (Iași County) during archaeological excavations conducted by our team in collaboration with Dr. Diana Măriuca Vornicu from the Institute of Archaeology in Iași, in the summer of 2025.
Dubbed by our colleagues “The Lord of the Kilns”, this structure represents one of the most spectacular discoveries regarding Eneolithic pottery firing technology. It is a two-chambered kiln equipped with four flue channels, with the two chambers separated by movable plates. With a usable surface of over 7 m², the installation had the capacity to fire hundreds of vessels at the same time!
Its impressive size, architecture, and location suggest that it wasn't meant for simple domestic production, but rather for a highly specialized, large-scale operation. A system of this magnitude required careful planning, substantial resources, a dedicated workforce, massive amounts of fuel and clay, as well as rigorous technical control over the firing process.
Ever since we were in the field, we asked ourselves a key question: not just what this kiln looked like, but above all, how it actually worked and was operated. More details about this discovery will soon be available in a scientific paper accepted in the British journal Antiquity!
Until then, we are trying to answer a fascinating question through experimental archaeology: how was a kiln of this scale built and operated in practice around 6,000 years ago?
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