Many uncertainties and doubts often arise when students, researchers and professionals of
archaeology start the study of the huge amount of ceramic sherds collected in …

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 …

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 …

This study focuses on the evaluation of the potential use of the clay-rich raw materials in
Denizli region to manufacture traditional ceramic products with industrial processing and …

A wide range of existing mineralogical and geochemical methodologies such as optical
microscopy, X-ray diffraction, manual scanning electron microscopy, ICP-MS and INAA have …

The present study is a multi-analytical approach on the characterization of several potsherd
samples, dated from prehistoric to hellenistic times, from Aiani, ancient Upper Macedonia …

Abstract Studies of Northern Mesopotamian complex societies have long been predicated
on ceramic wares, whereby ceramic variation is thought to reflect cultural variation. There is …

Mudbricks appear to have been one of the most common building materials used in
domestic architecture in Bronze Age Crete. Well-preserved earthen construction materials …

The harbor site of Kommos, Crete, has yielded rich evidence for long-distance exchange in
the form of ceramic transport jars of types used not only for distribution within Crete and the …

The compositional study of two main types of clayey materials outcropping nearby Padua
(Veneto region, north-eastern Italy) and bricks used in historical constructions of the city is …