Ceramic raw materials: how to recognize them and locate the supply basins: chemistry

A Hein, V Kilikoglou - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Provenance studies of archaeological ceramics by analysis of their elemental composition
are based on the assumption that clays can be distinguished, which were used for pottery …

Supervised machine learning algorithms to predict provenance of archaeological pottery fragments

A Anglisano, L Casas, I Queralt, R Di Febo - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Code and data sharing are crucial practices to advance toward sustainable archaeology.
This article explores the performance of supervised machine learning classification methods …

Human mobility at Tell Atchana (Alalakh), Hatay, Turkey during the 2nd millennium BC: Integration of isotopic and genomic evidence

T Ingman, S Eisenmann, E Skourtanioti, M Akar… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The Middle and Late Bronze Age, a period roughly spanning the 2nd millennium BC (ca.
2000–1200 BC) in the Near East, is frequently referred to as the first 'international age' …

A fast method for the chemical analysis of clays by total-reflection x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (TXRF)

I Allegretta, B Ciasca, MDR Pizzigallo… - Applied Clay …, 2019 - Elsevier
A new, fast and cheap method for the analysis of clays using total-reflection x-ray
fluorescence spectroscopy (TXRF) has been developed following a full factorial …

Raw material choices and material characterization of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC pottery from the Petit‐Chasseur necropolis: Insights into the megalith‐erecting …

D Carloni, B Šegvić, M Sartori, G Zanoni… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Owing to its well‐preserved and long‐lasting archaeological record, the necropolis of Petit‐
Chasseur in the Upper Rhône Valley (3100–1600 BC) showcases the economic, social, and …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing light elements detection and quantification in aluminosilicate materials using a Low-Z total-reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

I Allegretta, D Krstajic, P Wobrauschek, P Kregsamer… - Applied Clay …, 2024 - Elsevier
Total-reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF) is a well-established atomic spectroscopy
technique used for the elemental characterization of different kinds of matrixes in several …

Investigating the Late Chalcolithic pottery production and consumption at Valencina de la Concepción (Seville, SW-Spain): An archaeometric analysis using …

M Kibaroğlu, TX Schuhmacher, A Mederos… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper discusses the results of an archaeometric analysis carried out on undecorated
Late Chalcolithic ceramics from Valencina de la Concepción, which is one of the largest and …

Geochemical and Petrographic Analysis of Late Bronze Age Cypriot Ceramics (White Slip I and II and Monochrome) from Tell Atchana/Alalakh (Hatay) in the Amuq …

S Hacıosmanoğlu, M Kİbaroğlu, G Sunal… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
White Slip ware, both White Slip I and II, and Monochrome ware are Middle to Late Bronze
Age Cypriot pottery types found across a large area of the Eastern Mediterranean region. A …

Provenance of Kinet Höyük Ceramics Uncovered in Excavations: Petrography, XRF and Raman Analysis

M Eroğlu, K Deniz, YK Kadıoğlu… - Inspiring Technologies …, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
The cultural assets unearthed at Kinet Höyük are a sensitive indicator of the forces that
shaped the economic relationship in the Eastern Mediterranean during these centuries …

[PDF][PDF] Case study of geochemical clustering as a tool for tracing sources of clays for archaeological and modern bricks.

R Taraškevičius, V Kazakauskas, S Sarcevičius… - Baltica, 2019 - baltica.gamtc.lt
The study was conducted using 14 hierarchical clustering ways and combining them with 4
interrelated sets of elements, ie the contents of Al, Ba, Ca, Fe, Ga, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Nb, P, Rb …