The Byzantine ceramics from Pergamon excavations. Characterization of local and imported productions by elementary analysis using PIXE and INAA methods and by petrography
Description
An important ceramics material dated back to the 12th-14th centuries has been excavated in Pergamon (Turkey). Among these findings, wasters, tripod stilts and unfinished ware attest to local production in the Byzantine period. Elemental analysis by the methods PIXE (Particle Induced X-ray Emission) and INAA (Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis) has been performed on a representative sampling of 160 sherds, including attested local material. Multivariate statistical techniques were used to classify the sherds into groups of similar composition and thus to distinguish ceramics made in Pergamon from imported wares. Several groups of local production have been constituted, which correspond to wares differing in date and fabric. The geochemical characterization of the pastes, complemented with petrographical and mineralogical data, shows that specific raw materials have been used to manufacture each ware. The analytical data related to ceramics made in Pergamon will serve as reference data for future provenance studies. Such reference groups of Byzantine ceramics are very rare, and therefore the ceramics imported into Pergamon cannot be attributed as to their origin. Among the ceramics widely diffused in the Byzantine world, some importations belonging to the ''fine sgraffito'' and ''Zeuxippus ware'' types have been identified. The latter type has been a source of stylistic influence for the workshops of Pergamon, since the analyses show that imitated ''Zeuxippus ware'' has been produced there. These imitations were probably themselves diffused on a regional scale. (author). 238 refs., 48 figs., 53 tabs., 22 photos., 8 appends
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Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- Les ceramiques byzantines des fouilles de Pergame. Caracterisation des productions locales et importees par analyse elementaire par les methodes PIXE et INAA et par petrographie
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 259 p.
- Report number
- CRN--95-40
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 27046851
- Subject category
- INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Thesis
- Quality check status
- Yes
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CERAMICS; CULTURAL OBJECTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPORTS; MANUFACTURING; MINERALOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; PIXE ANALYSIS; TURKEY;
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ASIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE EAST; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TRADE; X-RAY EMISSION ANALYSIS;