Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 564-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anno Hein ◽  
Vassilis Kilikoglou
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Provenance Studies ◽  
Compositional Variability

Provenance Study of Venezuelan Pre-Columbian Ceramics Employing Radioisotope X-Ray Fluorescence

1988 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1482-1487 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Labrecque ◽  
J. E. Vaz ◽  
K. Tarble ◽  
P. A. Rosales
Keyword(s):  
Source Area ◽  
Fluorescence Analysis ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Provenance Study ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Provenance Studies ◽  
Better Than

Radioisotope x-ray fluorescence analysis was performed to determine normalized elemental intensities for pre-Columbian sherds and roller stamps from different archaeological sites in the Middle Orinoco region of Venezuela. These normalized intensities were used to construct three-component (Triangle) graphs separating the sherds into three groups based on their known origin. The three-component graphs were: (Zn, Sr, Zr), (Rb, Sr, Zr), and ( A, Sr, Zr), where A = Cu + Zn + Pb normalized intensities. The total precision was shown to be better than 5% absolute for all cases studied. It was concluded that two of the roller stamps found at one site were probably manufactured in a different source area. This lends support to the notion that the roller stamps were a trade item in late pre-Columbian times (1000–1400 A.D.). The method applied in this study using a 109Cd (2 mCi) source seems to be appropriate for provenance studies of archaeological ceramics where many samples are processed, because it has the inherent advantages of being simple, economical, and rapid.

scholarly journals A New Database of the Quantitative Cathodoluminescence of the Main Quarry Marbles Used in Antiquity

Minerals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Blanc ◽  
M. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal ◽  
Anna Gutiérrez Garcia-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscope ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Additional Advantage ◽  
Provenance Studies ◽  
Visible Spectra ◽  
Marble Quarries ◽  
Scanning Electron

Quantitative cathodoluminescence (CL) has rarely been applied for the archaeometric studies concerning marble provenance, despite its potential. This paper develops the method and provides a new database of the parameters obtained from the main marble quarries used in antiquity. With a total number of 473 marble samples from ten districts of the central and eastern Mediterranean, it is the first database on quantitative CL, with the additional advantage of being the same samples that have already characterized by other conventional techniques and that are available in the literature. Focused on the measurements of the intensity peaks at the UV and visible spectra, registered by a spectrometer coupled to a scanning electron microscope (CL-SEM), the representative values are plotted on different useful diagrams to be applied in the identification of marble provenance studies, as a complementary tool of other analyses.

A volcanic inclusions based approach for provenance studies of archaeological ceramics: application to pottery from southern Italy

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 713-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germana Barone ◽  
Cristina Maria Belfiore ◽  
Paolo Mazzoleni ◽  
Antonino Pezzino ◽  
Marco Viccaro
Keyword(s):  
Southern Italy ◽  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Provenance Studies

scholarly journals Development and calibration of a WDXRF routine applied to provenance studies on archaeological ceramics

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myrto Georgakopoulou ◽  
Anno Hein ◽  
Noémi S. Müller ◽  
Evangelia Kiriatzi
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Ceramics ◽  
Provenance Studies
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