Clay Resources and Technical Choices for Neolithic Pottery (Chalain, Jura, France): Chemical, Mineralogical and Grain‐size Analyses*

Martineau, Rémi; Walter-Simonnet, Anne-Véronique; Grobéty, Bernard; Buatier, Martine

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00286.x

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“…The possible source of the raw materials used and the technical peculiarities together could confirm some of the archaeologist's technology-related suppositions and answer some of the questions related to the dynamics of local or regional trade. [1] Archaeometric characterization of ceramic vestiges usually is carried out on large sample populations, concluding in the end on the basis of statistical analysis of the experimental data obtained. However, the quantity of the available samples sometimes is strongly limited.…”

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Provenance study on a small selection of Roman potshards (Tăşnad-Sere site, Satu Mare county, Romania). 1.

Bitay¹,

Kiss-Pataki²,

Szakmány³

et al. 2017

Studia UBB Chemia

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ABSTRACT. Five representative potshards collected from the Tăşnad-Sere C 52 archaeological site were investigated in order to evaluate the occurring differences of the raw materials used and the technology applied. The structural and compositional differences shown by petrographic analysis (optical microscopy /OM/ and XRD) and FTIR spectroscopy data indicate that according to both the raw materials composition (clay sediments and temper) and the pottery technique the samples studied form two distinct groups.

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Provenance study on a small selection of Roman potshards (Tăşnad-Sere site, Satu Mare county, Romania). 1.

Bitay¹,

Kiss-Pataki²,

Szakmány³

et al. 2017

Studia UBB Chemia

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“…This method is a powerful tool in archaeometric studies such as those characterizing pottery, stone and building materials (e.g., Martineau et al . ; Gliozzo et al . , ; Graetsch and Grünberg ; Tite et al .…”

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G‐Factor, a Suitable Tool for Characterization of Ancient Ceramics: Application to Monitoring Amphorae Phase Transformations in Firing

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The thick Pliocene clay beds located along the mouth of the Guadalhorce River in Malaga were used in the Roman era for amphorae production related to the ever-growing production of garum and salted fish. As a first step in their archaeometric characterization, a series of firing tests on the potential raw material have been carried out. The main aim of this work is to obtain a suitable tool for estimating the firing temperatures of those amphorae, as well as to make a comprehensive evaluation of the potential of an innovative external-standard method for measuring the amorphous content of a pottery sample, the G-factor method. The obtained results emphasize a highly amorphous content, over 50 wt% in some samples, which varies with the firing temperature. This shows the potential of this technique, which allows straightforward fully quantitative mineralogical analysis and a mineralogical comparison even between samples fired at very different temperatures.

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“…In some cases, the presence of rare minerals or mineral associations in ceramic bodies can be used to deduce the origin of the raw material and to determine the possible location of raw material extraction sites (Martineau et al . ; Manson et al . ).…”

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New applications of LA–ICP–MS for sourcing archaeological ceramics: microanalysis of inclusions as fingerprints of their origin

Gehres

Querré

2018

Archaeometry

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This paper presents the latest methodological advances using the LA‐ICP–MS technique for differentiating the origin of petrographically and chemically similar ceramic raw materials. Based on several examples form the Armorican Massif (France), from a chronological period extending from the Neolithic to the Second Iron Age, we will show that the comparison of the chemical signatures of minerals included in fired clay with those from clay and source rocks enables us to distinguish productions and to accurately trace the sources of the raw materials used by potters.

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Clay Resources and Technical Choices for Neolithic Pottery (Chalain, Jura, France): Chemical, Mineralogical and Grain‐size Analyses*

Abstract: Many authors have considered pottery manufacturing constraints and sociocultural elements as factors in change in

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Provenance study on a small selection of Roman potshards (Tăşnad-Sere site, Satu Mare county, Romania). 1.

Provenance study on a small selection of Roman potshards (Tăşnad-Sere site, Satu Mare county, Romania). 1.

G‐Factor, a Suitable Tool for Characterization of Ancient Ceramics: Application to Monitoring Amphorae Phase Transformations in Firing

New applications of LA–ICP–MS for sourcing archaeological ceramics: microanalysis of inclusions as fingerprints of their origin

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