Transparent high lead and tin‐opacified lead‐alkali glazes have been extensively used
throughout Europe and the Near East from their first appearance in the Roman era and the …

This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of the many different kinds of information
that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery. It describes the scientific …

The colour changes found in the wall thickness of archaeological calcareous ceramics are
analysed. The main colour change from creamy to reddish is due to the incorporation of …

A set of laboratory experiments has been developed to determine the nature and importance
of the interaction between clay bodies and lead glazes during firing following different …

Tin oxide (SnO2) particles that are a few hundred nanometers in size and are embedded in
a lead glaze act as a white opacifier. The insolubility of SnO2 particles in a lead glaze is …

Ceramic fragments from an excavation by Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe in 2014
around the deserted early medieval site of Brilon-Alme were subjected to archaeometric …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique is expected to be one of the most
preferred techniques in archaeology research since it does not disrupt the structural and …

A group of the late 12th–13th century B yzantine pottery glazes, mostly related to Zeuxippus
Ware Type pottery from the K uşadası K adıkalesi/Anaia site in western A natolia, was …

A group of late 15th–early 16th century Hispano-Moresque glazed tiles from the Monastery
of Santa Clara-a-Velha, in Coimbra, were, for the first time, characterised chemically and …

Azulejos have been applied to architectural settings in Portugal for the last five centuries and
represent one of its most unique art forms. In this article a group of representative samples …