Group Therapy in Crete: A Comparison Between Analyses by NAA and Thin Section Petrography of Early Minoan Pottery

Day, Peter M.; Kiriatzi, Evangelia; Tsolakidou, A.; Kilikoglou, Vassilis

doi:10.1006/jasc.1999.0424

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“…Because of the small size and archaeological importance of the Tel Haror Sherd, the authors were unable to isolate microfossil specimens for detailed taxonomic identification. However, the striking compositional similarity between this sherd and Bronze Age "South Coast" pottery fabrics in Crete (Whitelaw et al, 1997;Day et al, 1999b) suggests that it was probably produced from similar materials in the same source area, east of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete. The sherd, which seems to have once been part of a large storage vessel, therefore, provides further strong evidence for maritime connections between Crete and the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age in the second millennium  (Fig.…”

Section: Micropalaeontology and The Determination Of Ceramic Provenancementioning

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Ceramic micropalaeontology: the analysis of microfossils in ancient ceramics

Quinn

Day

2007

J. Micropalaeontol.

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-Microfossils can be a common component of ancient ceramic artefacts. Their analysis in this unusual context is a little-known, yet promising, cross-disciplinary application of micropalaeontology. This article presents the first detailed assessment of the phenomenon of microfossils in ancient ceramics and demonstrates how micropalaeontology can contribute to a range of issues in archaeological ceramic analysis and the reconstruction of the human past. In describing a methodology by which micropalaeontologists and archaeologists can analyse microfossiliferous ceramics, this paper presents the foundations of an approach, which is here referred to as 'ceramic micropalaeontology'. J. Micropalaeontol. 26(2): 159-168, October 2007.

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Section: Micropalaeontology and The Determination Of Ceramic Provenancementioning

confidence: 95%

Ceramic micropalaeontology: the analysis of microfossils in ancient ceramics

Quinn

Day

2007

J. Micropalaeontol.

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“…The bulk of this work involves ceramics, metals (mainly copper and tin), and stone (obsidian and marble). Pottery, clays, and other potting resources are routinely characterized using geochemical methods such as NAA, XRD, and ICP, microscopy including SEM, electron microprobe, and optical petrography, or a combination of several techniques (e.g., Day et al 1999;Dorais and Shriner 2002;Feuer and Schneider 2003;Galaty 1999a, b;Hein et al 2002Hein et al , 2004Kilikoglou et al 2003;Kiriatzi 2003;Kiriatzi et al 1997;Mommsen et al 1994Mommsen et al , 2002Shriner and Dorais 1999). Ceramic petrography is thriving in the Aegean.…”

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Aegean Prehistory as World Archaeology: Recent Trends in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece

Tartaron

2007

J Archaeol Res

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This article surveys archaeological work of the last decade on the Greek Bronze Age, part of the broader discipline known as Aegean prehistory. Naturally, the literature is vast, so I focus on a set of topics that may be of general interest to non-Aegeanists: chronology, regional studies, the emergence and organization of archaic states, ritual and religion, and archaeological science. Greek Bronze Age archaeology rarely appears in the comparative archaeological literature; accordingly, in this article I place this work in the context of world archaeology, arguing for a reconsideration of the potential of Aegean archaeology to provide enlightening comparative material.

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“…Meanwhile, similar analyses were performed on natural clay sources available in the same area, which were identified and selected through geological and ethnographic field survey (Alaimo et al, 1998b(Alaimo et al, , 2002aMontana et al, 2006b, Montana et al, 2007. A similar approach has proved successful in a number of case studies concerning ceramic productions in insular areas of the Mediterranean (Day et al, 1999;Tsolakidou et al, 2002).…”

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“…The classification of a ceramic paste and its assignment to a specific production center can be solved in a straightforward manner if ceramic sherds, kiln wasters (if available), and raw material are studied in conjunction with each other (AdanBayewitz & Perlman, 1985;Picon, 1992;Gliozzo & Memmi Turbanti, 2004;Tite, 2008). In this way, if a statistically significant sample is considered, it becomes possible to form "compositional reference groups" (Schneider, Hoffmann, & Wirz, 1979), particularly in the case of coarse ceramic pastes in which chemistry by itself can be obscured by factors such as the dilution effect (Mommsen, Kreuser, & Weber, 1988;Whitbread, 1995;Day et al, 1999;Schwedt, Mommsen, & Zacharias, 2004).…”

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Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily

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A selected assortment of Archaic-Hellenistic tableware samples from Solunto, a PhoenicianPunic site located 20 km east of Palermo (Sicily), has been subjected to thin-section petrography and chemical analysis (XRF). In this settlement several ceramic kilns remained operative over a long time period (7th to 3rd century B.C.). The main goal of this analytical study is to distinguish the ceramics manufactured locally from regional and off-island imports. Analytical results were matched to similar data concerning local natural clay sources and to coeval tableware productions from other sites in the same area. The ceramic pastes used by the ancient craftsmen of Solunto in the case of this class of pottery could be differentiated clearly by their petrochemical characteristics. We conclude that ceramics were locally produced far beyond satisfying just internal consumption needs, indicating interaction of Solunto with neighboring Greek colonies, indigenous people, and Phoenician-Punic colonies of Sicily.

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Group Therapy in Crete: A Comparison Between Analyses by NAA and Thin Section Petrography of Early Minoan Pottery

Cited by 88 publications

References 24 publications

Ceramic micropalaeontology: the analysis of microfossils in ancient ceramics

Ceramic micropalaeontology: the analysis of microfossils in ancient ceramics

Aegean Prehistory as World Archaeology: Recent Trends in the Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece

Petrographic and geochemical characterization of Archaic‐Hellenistic tableware production at Solunto, Sicily

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