A ceramic assemblage selected from a recently excavated Late Helladic settlement at
Kastrouli (Central Greece) has been chemically analyzed and statistically elaborated, to add …

The chemical composition of a ceramic assemblage 48 sherds from the Museum of Asian Art
(MoAA), Universiti Malaya, was determined using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and the …

The relief-decorated sherds in different designs are known from the Bronze Age sites in
Western Turkey. The decorations are usually associated with the belief systems. However …

In this study, a combination of ATR-FTIR and XRD spectroscopy was used to characterize
the mineralogical compositions and firing conditions of 108 Middle Bronze Age sherds …

Fourier‐transform infrared, X‐ray diffraction and chemometrics were used to characterize the
mineralogical composition and firing conditions of 59 Early Bronze Age ceramic sherds from …

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 …

In prehistoric archaeology, pottery is a significant fragment in defining and making sense of
the culture. The pottery forms and the differences in the variety of decorations are used …

In this study, the mineralogical composition of 284 sherds obtained from the sites of Yeşilova
Höyük and Yassıtepe Höyük, two of the oldest settlements in Western Anatolia, and …

Mehmet Bey Dere is an Early Bronze Age (EBA) settlement and cemetery located in the
Ulubey Canyon in inland western Anatolia. This place is unique in western Anatolia with its …

This article layers material, physical, and textual landscapes of the Hittite Empire in a
compact borderland region. We argue that a real strength of landscape archaeology is in …