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- Anke, Hein, et al.
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Beyond painted pottery : a longue durée story of ceramic technology in prehistoric Northwest China
- 2024
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In: Archaeometry. - 0003-813X .- 1475-4754.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper presents a study of ceramics from Northwest China from the Neolithic and Bronze Age (c. 3300-600 BCE), providing insights into variations in human-ceramic interactions over time and space. Based on macroscopic and petrographic analysis of ceramics from 10 sites, this paper shows that there is much more complexity in ceramic technology than previously thought. It identifies a development from a bi-modal distinction between painted fine ware and rusticated coarse wares shared among communities across Northwest China to strongly localised ceramic traditions with new fabrics, vessel shapes, and decorations, some of them potentially of outside origin, reflecting considerable societal change.
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- Kowalski, Łukasz, et al.
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Lead isotopic compositions link copper axes from Kietrz (Poland, 3500–3350 BC) to Slovak and Balkan copper mines
- 2024
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In: Archaeometry. - 0003-813X .- 1475-4754.
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Chemical and lead isotope analyses aided by metallographic examination of copper axes found at the Late Neolithic settlement of Kietrz in southwestern Poland provide new evidence for the origin of copper and metal trade routes in the region. Our results indicate that metal used for the axes could be sourced from copper mines in modern Slovakia, Bulgaria and perhaps Serbia. The evidence from this study confirms that the Funnel Beaker people from Poland became parties to a metal trading network that connected much of continental Europe in the mid-4th millennium bce and provides a better understanding of how these contacts provided the background for the technological and socio-economic developments of the Baden era.
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- Oudbashi, Omid, 1978, et al.
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Minero-chemical and provenance analysis of Achaemenian lapis lazuli cylinders from Persepolis
- 2024
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In: Archaeometry. - 0003-813X .- 1475-4754. ; 66:1, s. 57-75
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Five archaeological plain cylinders made of lapis lazuli found in excavations at the Persepolis World Heritage Site (c.550–330 BCE) were analysed using wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, and scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy techniques with the goal of characterizing the chemical–mineralogical composition and identifying the possible provenance of raw materials. Results show that these objects are made of identical resources or mines. A comparison with available data from archaeological sites and ancient quarry sites shows that these finds may have been produced from lapis lazuli from east of the Iranian Plateau (Badakhshan in Afghanistan), as they resemble several ancient objects of Iran. The results of this study suggest that Persian artists also used the ancient East-to-West trade route for supplying raw material to produce decorative objects made of lapis lazuli.
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- Papakosta, Vasiliki, 1982-, et al.
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Multi-method (FTIR, XRD, PXRF) analysis of Ertebølle pottery ceramics from Scania, southern Sweden
- 2020
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In: Archaeometry. - : Wiley. - 0003-813X .- 1475-4754. ; 62:4, s. 677-693
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A combination of Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), powder X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and portable X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy (PXRF) was used on the clay fraction of Ertebølle ceramics from several Late Mesolithic sites in Scania, southern Sweden. The aim was to provide up‐to‐date information about clay types used during that period within the Scanian Ertebølle cultural unit, and to elucidate social aspects relevant to the organization of pottery production and the role of ceramics in the local societies. The results suggest similar clay preferences across the sites, site‐based pottery production using local clays and zero mobility of ceramics between the sites. The chemical separation of the ceramics from the site of Soldattorpet into two compositional groups suggests possible multigroup occupation. The origins of aromatic hydrocarbons, extracted previously from the ceramic matrix of the vessels during a lipid residue study, were also investigated, and a discussion is provided.
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- Suchowska-Ducke, P., et al.
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The bronze cup from Dohnsen in the light of old and new evidence
- 2022
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In: Archaeometry. - : Wiley. - 0003-813X .- 1475-4754. ; 64:3, s. 728-743
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The bronze cup found in Dohnsen (Lower Saxony, Northern Germany) in the 1950s is an enigmatic artefact that bears striking similarities with the metalwork of the Late Aegean Bronze Age. We provide an accurate review of the primary sources of information on the cup's find history and context, and present the results of previously unpublished chemical and Pb isotope analyses. The latter suggest that the vessel might have been produced from Central European ores, but it represents the metalworking skills of a travelling smith with knowledge of foreign shapes and styles.
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