Archeometric study of pottery shards from Conjunto Vilas and São João, Amazon

Oliveira, Ludmila Silva; Abreu, Carolina Mariante de; Ferreira, Fernanda Carla Lima; Lopes, Rosana Conrado; Almeida, Flávio Aparecido de; Tamanaha, Eduardo Kazuo; Belletti, J.S.; Machado, Rodrigo de Oliveira; Rizzutto, M. A.; Souza, Divanízia do Nascimento

doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.04.053

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“…Optical microscopy (OM): This method is used to detail observations of the textural characteristics of different kinds of coverings on archaeological ceramics, in particular, paints [11,14,15]. We used an inverted Carl Zeiss Axiovert 40 MAT microscope, assembled with a digital AxioCam ERc 5 s camera (Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH production Germany), with a magnification range of 10-1000×.…”

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“…Electron scanning microscopy and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS): The SEM-EDS method is applied widely in order to identify the microstructural patterns and elemental chemical compositions of paints and pigments on archaeological ceramics [1,4,7,11,13,14]. Due to the organizational and technical conditions of the research project, two different SEM-EDS instruments were employed.…”

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“…At each tested area, from 14 to 22 EDS spectra were recorded. We present the EDS measurements data in elemental form by following the research of [14,24]. Taking into account that the EDS method determines the content of chemical elements (in percent of the weight composition) at a semi-quantitative level, values ≥ 1.0% were most considered for the correct interpretation of elemental compositions data.…”

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“…If the esthetic aspects of painted pottery can be described and explained without sophisticated equipment, the essential features of painting technologies need to be recognized through special methods of physical and chemical sciences. Modern archaeometry reveals a broad spectrum of interesting and important results in the identification of compositions, origins, and processing of paints, pigments, and colorants used in ancient ceramics decoration [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

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Red and Black Paints on Prehistoric Pottery of the Southern Russian Far East: An Archaeometric Study

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This paper considers the results of an examination of painted pottery from prehistoric sites of the Prmor’ye region (Southern Russian Far East) in the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan basin. Red-painted and black-painted ceramic wares occur here only in the remains of the Yankovskaya archaeological culture dated to the 1st mil. BCE. Red painting appears as a colored surface coating, and black painting is represented by very simple drawn patterns. Until recently painting decorations have not been intentionally studied. The objects of our investigation are a small series of red-painted and black-painted ceramic fragments originated from archaeological sites. The methods of optical microscopy, SEM-EDS, and Raman spectroscopy were applied to the study of research materials. As a result, the data on characteristics of texture and composition of red and black paints were obtained. Both were determined to be pre-firing paints. Red paint is a clayish substance mixed with natural ochre pigment containing the hematite coloring agent. Black paint is carbon-based. Black carbon and burnt bone are recognized as colorants. The presented materials are new evidence of pottery paint technologies in prehistoric Eurasia.

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“…Only a few sherds from French Guyana show numerous small plants inclusion, and these occur inside grog tempers. In these cases, the plant residues were interpreted as caraipé, plant cinder from the kwepi tree (of Licania genus), which is an "Amazonian" traditional tempering practice (Costa et al 2004;Oliveira et al, 2020).…”

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Anthropogenic temperversusgeological and pedological inclusions: grog temper as a possible chrono-cultural marker for the Late Ceramic Age in the pre-Columbian Lesser Antilles

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Bel²

2021

BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull.

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Grâce à des analyses pétrographiques nous démontrons la présence de chamottes utilisées comme dégraissant dans les céramiques de trois sites précolombiens de Guadeloupe (Antilles françaises). Deux de ces sites sont localisés dans la partie volcanique de l’île de Basse-Terre, tandis que le troisième se trouve dans une zone dominée par un substratum sédimentaire sur Grande-Terre. D’autres caractéristiques pétrographiques montrent soit l’usage de sables et de cendres volcaniques ou de sols naturellement argileux. Après avoir discuté de la signification des différents types d’inclusions dans ces céramiques, nos résultats attestent de la présence de chamottes pour plusieurs séries Troumassoides bien datées entre 1000 et 1300 AD (âges radiométriques) ou de l’époque de la céramique tardive du nord des Petites Antilles. Or puisque ce type de dégraissant est absent des assemblages pré-Troumassoides, nous explorons l’hypothèse présentée par Donahue et al. (1990), que l’usage de la chamotte dans ces céramiques est probablement une innovation diffusée depuis le continent vers l’archipel. En effet, celle-ci est en usage dans la zone guyanaise vivant sur la côte durant l’époque de la céramique tardive, et elle pourrait se diffuser progressivement dans les Petits Antilles. Cette idée défie alors l’idée communément acceptée que les Troumassoides s’individualisent progressivement depuis les séries Saladoïdes sans influence externe.

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Why Teacups?: Assessing Enslaved People’s Use of Teawares in Antebellum Virginia

Greer

2023

Int J Histor Archaeol

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Archeometric study of pottery shards from Conjunto Vilas and São João, Amazon

Cited by 13 publications

References 9 publications

Red and Black Paints on Prehistoric Pottery of the Southern Russian Far East: An Archaeometric Study

Red and Black Paints on Prehistoric Pottery of the Southern Russian Far East: An Archaeometric Study

Anthropogenic temperversusgeological and pedological inclusions: grog temper as a possible chrono-cultural marker for the Late Ceramic Age in the pre-Columbian Lesser Antilles

Why Teacups?: Assessing Enslaved People’s Use of Teawares in Antebellum Virginia

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