A new approach for archaeological ceramics analysis using total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Cariati, F.; Fermo, P.; Gilardoni, Stefania; Gallí, Anna; Milazzo, M.

doi:10.1016/s0584-8547(02)00253-7

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“…Linderholm and Lundberg 108 achieved the classification of various archeological soil samples by means of multivariate analysis of trace and major element concentration data. Finally, classification of archaeological ceramics 109 , copper ingots 110 and ancient pottery 111 using elemental analysis and multivariate techniques were recently reported.…”

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Improving the Analytical Performances of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Multivariate Analysis Techniques

Grotti

2004

Annali di Chimica

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Section: Multivariate Data Analysis and Interpretationmentioning

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Improving the Analytical Performances of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Multivariate Analysis Techniques

Grotti

2004

Annali di Chimica

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“…2 According to Alov,3 diverse substances can be analyzed by TXRF; therefore, it makes sense to combine them into several groups: natural (water, soil, deposits, aerosols, and plants); [4][5][6] geological and mineralogical (ore, mineral raw materials, and crystals); [7][8][9] technological (petroleum and petroleum products, metals and melts, thin films, polymers, chemicals, and wastes); [10][11] and biomedical (blood, serum, urine, and human tissue). [12][13][14][15] Furthermore, wine, 16 archaeological, [17][18] art, 19 and forensic samples 20 can also be analyzed by TXRF. Synchrotron radiation or rotating anode X-ray sources have been used for the detection of low amounts of elements by TXRF.…”

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Development and Characterization of a Portable Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence System Using a Waveguide for Trace Elements Analysis

Costa¹,

Araújo²,

Jesus³

et al. 2014

ANAL. SCI.

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This paper presents a portable total reflection X-ray fluorescence system composed of a 15 W X-ray tube, with a gold anode, a waveguide constituted by two Perspex ® parallel plates, a Si PIN detector and a quartz optical flat. The critical angle of the total reflection system was experimentally determined by measuring a zinc solution (100 mg/L). The accuracy of the system was checked using SRM 1577b Bovine Liver by NIST as standard reference material. We obtained the absolute detection limits of the following elements: P (450 ± 40 ng), S (200 ± 31 ng), K (30 ± 2.5 ng), Ca (19 ± 3.5 ng), Mn (4.1 ± 0.5 ng), Fe (3.6 ± 0.9 ng), Cu (3.3 ± 0.4 ng) and Zn (3.5 ± 0.3 ng). This paper shows that it is possible to produce total reflection X-ray fluorescence with very compact, efficient, low-cost and easy-to-handle instrumentation using a low-power X-ray tube and a Si PIN compact detector.

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“…Special place in a long list of analytical techniques belongs to non-destructive analyses performed using IR or Raman spectroscopy, PIXE or XRD, [21-26]. One of the non-destructive techniques that have been most commonly used is energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) spectrometry proven to be efficient and suitable for archaeological ceramics provenience studies [4,5,15]. During the past ten years the use of portable XRF (PXRF, pXRF), field-portable (FPXRF) or handheld XRF spectrometers has increased significantly [27].…”

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Non-destructive characterisation and classification of ceramic artefacts using pEDXRF and statistical pattern recognition

Gajić-Kvaščev

Marić-Stojanović

Jančić-Heinemann

et al. 2012

Chemistry Central Journal

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BackgroundPortable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (pEDXRF) spectrometry analysis was applied for the characterisation of archaeological ceramic findings from three Neolithic sites in Serbia. Two dimension reduction techniques, principal component analysis (PCA) and scattering matrices-based dimension reduction were used to examine the possible classification of those findings, and to extract the most discriminant features.ResultsA decision-making procedure is proposed, whose goal is to classify unknown ceramic findings based on their elemental compositions derived by pEDXRF spectrometry. As a major part of decision-making procedure, the possibilities of two dimension reduction methods were tested. Scattering matrices-based dimension reduction was found to be the more efficient method for the purpose. Linear classifiers designed based on the desired output allowed for 7 of 8 unknown samples from the test set to be correctly classified.ConclusionsBased on the results, the conclusion is that despite the constraints typical of the applied analytical technique, the elemental composition can be considered as viable information in provenience studies. With a fully-developed procedure, ceramic artefacts can be classified based on their elemental composition and well-known provenance.

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A new approach for archaeological ceramics analysis using total reflection X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

Cited by 56 publications

References 9 publications

Improving the Analytical Performances of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Multivariate Analysis Techniques

Improving the Analytical Performances of Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry by Multivariate Analysis Techniques

Development and Characterization of a Portable Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence System Using a Waveguide for Trace Elements Analysis

Non-destructive characterisation and classification of ceramic artefacts using pEDXRF and statistical pattern recognition

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