Glazes add value to ceramic, improve its appearance (colour and shine) and make it
waterproof. Through the choice of colours and designs, glazes made ceramics fashionable …

After they have been abandoned, ceramic materials may undergo substantial
transformations, all of which may change their macroscopic aspect, mineralogy, chemical …

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

The recent upgrading of synchrotron radiation (SR) sources has favored, in the last few
years, the construction and design of beamlines optimized for the study of cultural heritage …

Different methods have been historically used to identify silica-polymorph microcrystals in
various contexts. However, in the existing literature there is a substantial lack of correlation …

Montelupo Fiorentino, a small town near Florence (Italy), was one of the most important
Italian and European ceramic production centres in the modern era. Pottery produced in …

Hexagonal neo-formed crystallites have been observed in thin section of different medieval
and post-medieval lead-glazed ceramics. Although they are clearly visible in thin section …

Abstract A High Temperature Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Powder Diffraction experiment
was performed to determine the manganese compounds formed during the heating and …

This paper provides a detailed technological characterization of the Roman opus sectile
glasses (second century AD) coming from the renowned Gorga collection. Nine glass …

In the present study an archaeometry programme has been developed on a limited number
of coarse wares, monochrome, and bichrome glazed ceramics retrieved in the cities of …