A volcanic inclusions based approach for provenance studies of archaeological ceramics: application to pottery from southern Italy

Title: A volcanic inclusions based approach for provenance studies of archaeological ceramics: application to pottery from southern Italy
Creator(s): Barone, Germana; Belfiore, Cristina Maria; Mazzoleni, Paolo; Pezzino, Antonio; Viccaro, Marco
Date: 2010
Is Part Of: Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume: 37
Pages: 713-726
Language: eng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.002
Zotero BiDiAr: https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/KF74C468/item-list
Abstract: This work focuses on petro-chemical characterisation of the volcanic inclusions often found within the fabric of many ceramic remains from various archaeological sites in eastern Sicily. Petrographic observations and EMP analyses revealed that volcanic glass is strongly influenced by chemical modifications during the firing process, whereas clinopyroxenes keep their original composition unaltered thus constituting an effective tool for provenance attributions. Multivariate statistical analysis of the latter can in fact unambiguously discriminate between different productive areas by comparisons with pyroxenes from volcanics belonging to distinct magmatic provinces. The method proposed here was tested on ceramic remains of different ages and typologies found in southern Italy.
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