Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

During the last decades, Raman spectroscopy has grown from research laboratories to a
well-established approach that is increasingly often used in archaeometry and conservation …

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 …

Mineralogical and chemical composition as well as production methods of the pottery from
Caričin Grad, a significant early Byzantine urban complex and production centre of the …

The addition of temper in the pottery manufacturing process is attested since Prehistoric
Times and is still a production choice adopted in the ceramic industry. When the temper is …

This paper introduces the necessity and significance of the investigation of cultural heritage
objects. The multi-technique method is useful for the study of cultural heritage objects, but a …

This work presents the characterization results of Middle Iron Age pottery fragments
excavated in Van Fortress, the historical capital of the Urartu Kingdom, located on the …

Fine earthenwares imported from England are a distinctive artifact type frequently found on
early nineteenth century Native American and Euro-American sites in eastern North …

The work of the Belgian historian Henri Pirenne is used to set the scene for this paper and to
introduce the traditional historical framework on Dark Ages. In the next section, the template …

A combination of polarized light microscopy (PLM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray
fluorescence (XRF), neutron activation analysis (NAA) and thermogravimetry (TG) was used …