Open-Cell Ablation of Killke and Inka Pottery from the Cuzco Area: Museum Collections as Repositories of Provenience Information

Golitko, Mark; Sharratt, Nicola; Williams, Patrick Ryan

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“…While considered a minimally destructive technique, solid ablation would result in sampling craters not visible to the naked eye. At the Field Museum, LA-ICP-MS has been used to analyze non-archaeological materials (Cook et al 2006), but has been heavily relied upon to study archaeological materials (Dussubieux et al 2016), including ceramics or other clay objects (Dussubieux et al 2007;Golitko et al 2016;Kreiter et al 2014;Levine et al 2013;Niziolek 2013;Piscitelli et al 2015;Riebe 2021;Riebe and Niziolek 2015;Riebe et al in press;Sharratt et al 2009Sharratt et al , 2015Vaughn et al 2011;Williams et al 2019aWilliams et al , 2019b, pigments (Bonjean et al 2015;Halperin and Bishop 2016), metals (Dussubieux 2007;, stone (Goemaere et al 2013;Speer 2014), and glass (Dussubieux et al , 2009(Dussubieux et al , 2010Robertshaw et al 2009Robertshaw et al , 2010Schibille 2011;Walder 2013;Walder et al 2021).…”

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Obsidian Across the Americas

2022

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This book draws attention to recent obsidian studies in the Americas and acts as a reference for archaeologists and scholars interested in material culture and exchange. Moreover, it provides a wide range of case studies in obsidian characterization, material application, and theoretical interpretations in the Americas. The limited geographic occurrence and relatively homogenous nature of obsidian have made the material ideal for archaeometric studies. Since Cann and Renfrew’s seminal paper in 1967 on the compositional analysis of obsidian in the Mediterranean, analytical techniques have improved, identification and characterization of sources have increased, and applications have broadened geographically and theoretically to address various socio-cultural activities and behaviours around the world. While many previous publications have focused on different aspects of obsidian characterization, this volume uniquely presents obsidian compositional studies from across the Americas that have relied on the instrumentation housed in the Elemental Analysis Facility at the Field Museum of Natural History. The case studies, which feature materials from North American, Mesoamerican, and South American geological sources, explore the ways in which obsidian analyses have been used to investigate interactions, socio-economic exchanges, and socio-cultural change at multiple scales in the past.

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Obsidian Across the Americas

2022

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Archaeometric and archaeological characterization of the fired clay brick production in the Brussels-Capital Region between the XIV and the third quarter of the XVIII centuries (Belgium)

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Sosnowska²,

Golitko³

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Brick samples from different archaeological sites represent mostly houses in Brussels (Belgium) built between the end of the Middle ages (end of 13 th-beginning 14 th centuries) and the end of the Modern Period (18 th century). The study gives a mineralogical-petrographical-chemical characterization of the brick samples made in the Brussels-Region and sources the raw silty material, the moulding sand and the lime-mortar. Optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffractometry, Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, magnetic susceptibility and scanning electron microscopic with an energy dispersive X-ray attachment were applied both to fired clay bricks and regional clayey materials. Bricks were moulded with a silica rich, non-calcareous loam gathered locally in the alluvial plain of the Senne valley. Material from gleysols and fluvisols were mined separately to shape two types of bricks. A strong chemical resemblance with the thick loessic deposits of the Belgian plateaus results from erosion and river transport and sedimentation in the wide alluvial plain of Brussels. Petrography and geochemistry show minor participation of marine Lower Palaeozoic, Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks from the alimentation area of the Senne. Although clayey tertiary layers outcrop in the Brussels Region and are cut by the numerous tributaries of the Senne valley, they were never exploited for brick making in the Brussels Capital Region. Mineralogical composition and petrography suggest the absence of mixing with river sand or local marine tertiary sands. Local sediments extracted in the valley sides as Eocene fossiliferous fine sand were used as moulding sand. Résumé : Les briques étudiées proviennent majoritairement d'habitations construites à Bruxelles (Belgique) entre la fin du Moyen Âge (fin xiii e-début xiv e siècle) et la fin des temps Modernes (xviii e siècle). L'étude fournit une caractérisation minéralogique, pétrographique et chimique des briques faites dans la Région de Bruxelles Capitale et discute des sources des matières premières silteuses, les sables de moulage et les mortiers de chaux. La microscopie optique, la diffraction des rayons X, l'ablation laser associée à la spectrométrie de masse à couplage inductif, la susceptibilité magnétique et la microscopie électronique à balayage couplée aux analyses par analyse dispersive en énergie, furent utilisées pour caractériser les briques et différentes ressources argileuses régionales. Les briques ont été moulées avec une matière première silteuse, riche en silice, non calcareuse et récoltée

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Open-Cell Ablation of Killke and Inka Pottery from the Cuzco Area: Museum Collections as Repositories of Provenience Information

Cited by 2 publications

References 48 publications

Obsidian Across the Americas

Obsidian Across the Americas

Archaeometric and archaeological characterization of the fired clay brick production in the Brussels-Capital Region between the XIV and the third quarter of the XVIII centuries (Belgium)

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