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 …

Firing experiments have been carried out on a clay containing naturally occurring fragments
of mollusc shell. The transformation and/or decomposition of mineral phases with …

Cluster analysis of X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD) data was tested on datasets of ancient
ceramics, to explore the possibility of using this method for automatic comparison of large …

Environmental magnetism is recognised as a sensitive tool for reconstructing various
processes related to the iron cycling in the terrestrial environment. Besides …

Ancient ceramics from the archaeological site of Ebla (Syria), dating back between 2250 and
1800 BC, have been characterized by a combined use of optical microscopy (OM), X-ray …

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 …

The discovery of 17,000 tablets at the mid-third millennium BC site of Ebla in Syria has
revolutionized the study of the ancient Near East. This is the first major English-language …

The earliest foundry site of Pre-Roman Padua, in the Veneto region (north-eastern Italy),
provided evidence of craft activities and residential areas dated between the end of the 9th …

A study of pithoi production technology at the Middle Bronze Age Canaanite palace at Tel
Kabri, Israel, utilized experimental and analytical methods. Pithoi from two phases of the …

In this paper we approach the study of a ceramic recipe based on the addition of crushed
spathic calcite as temper. We first briefly discuss the anthropological significance underlying …