The wealth and diversity of decoration on Greek pottery continues to attract science-based
attention. The availability of increasingly powerful analytical techniques has allowed the …

The issue of clay processing concerns both provenance and techno-functional ceramic
investigations. In the former, the compositional/textural modification of clay alters the …

As the only place simultaneously occupied by the Middle Horizon (AD 600–1000) Andean
states, the Tiwanaku and the Wari, the Moquegua Valley in southern Peru is of critical …

The study of the ancient black ceramic coating that decorates the surface of Classical and
Hellenistic pottery from Attica and other main production centres in the Mediterranean has …

The present study aims to understand the reasons for the visual differences of black gloss
pottery found in northern Etruria. The results obtained by conventional (scanning electron …

It is well known that mineralogical, petrographic and chemical analyses can successfully
support provenance studies of archaeological ceramics. The characterisation of a ceramic …

Abstract During the Middle Horizon (ad 500–1000), the Tiwanaku state dominated the south
central Andes. The production and circulation of goods were important components of …

SEM–EDS, EMPA, ICP–MS and ICP–OES were applied to the study of three sectilia panels
made of red, orange and yellow glass slabs. In order to determine the chemical state of Cu …

The aim of the present paper is to provide a review of the contribution of mineralogical
petrographic methodologies to the archaeoemtric study of pottery in Italy. After a brief history …

After many decades exposed to a polluted environment, in some areas of Marcus Lucretius
House, there are clear signs that plasters and hematite pigments are suffering deterioration …