Characterization of Byzantine pottery from Oltina (Constanţa County), Romania, using PIXE and Optical Microscopy

Bugoi, Roxana; Talmaţchi, Cristina; Haita, Constantin; Ceccato, D.

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2017.08.024

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“…A similar sub-division of potteries into two large groups, mainly separated by their Al and Ca contents, was also evidenced in the case of previously analyzed coeval ceramics from Hârșova and Oltina [7,8].…”

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confidence: 75%

“…The four main types of ceramic paste identified for the ceramic fragments from Păcuiul lui Soare are similar to the ones evidenced for the coeval potteries discovered in the nearby archaeological sites Hârșova and Oltina that were previously analysed in the frame of the on-going project mentioned in "Introduction" section [7,8].…”

Section: Optical Microscopysupporting

confidence: 69%

“…Archaeometric investigations of Byzantine ceramics are relatively scant, only the recent years witnessing an increase in the number of the publications on this topic [1-6 and references therein]. This statement also applies for the Byzantine pottery excavated on nowadays Romania's territory [7][8][9].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Archaeometric characterization of Byzantine pottery from Păcuiul lui Soare

Bugoi

Talmaţchi²,

Haita³

et al. 2019

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Archaeometric investigations using OM (optical microscopy) and micro-PIXE (particle induced X-ray emission) were performed on 45 ceramic shards unearthed in archaeological excavations at Păcuiul lui Soare (southeastern Romania) and dated to the eleventh century AD. This study aimed to get clues about the raw materials and manufacturing techniques used by the potters from the Lower Danube area during the Byzantine period. The analyzed ceramic fragments were selected according to stylistic and archaeological criteria, trying to cover the entire palette of potteries discovered at this site. OM detailed the characteristics of the fabric (texture, microstructure and porosity), mineralogy, surface treatments and firing of the shards. Principal component analysis (PCA) of the PIXE data highlighted two main categories of shards with distinct compositional signatures, separated mainly by their aluminum and calcium content. Micro-PIXE maps of the interfaces between the glaze and the ceramic body showed that the green glaze is rich in lead oxide compared to the underlying ceramic body. The results of these investigations were compared to the ones previously obtained on coeval potteries from other Byzantine archaeological sites, i.e. Hârşova and Oltina, trying to get some hints about the consumption and circulation of pottery in the Lower Danube region at the beginning of the second millennium AD.

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Archaeometric characterization of Byzantine pottery from Păcuiul lui Soare

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“…Typologically, the selected fragments come from spherical‐shaped amphorae (S_5–S_8), jugs (S_1–S_2, S_4, S_9, S_11–S_12, S_21–S_23), plate (S_3), pot with handles (S_10), pots without handles (S_13–S_19, S_25), and cauldron (S_24). From a point of view of functionality, the samples come from the kitchen dishes (pot without handles, cauldron), tableware (jugs, pot with handles and plate), and containers for storage and transport (amphorae, large amphora‐shaped jugs), which were used in everyday life, and most are thought to have been produced in West Pontic provincial workshops (Abdurakhimov et al, 2021; Bugoi et al, 2018; Burghelea et al, 2004). A sample comes from a household object, a spindle whorl (S_20).…”

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The systematic structural studies of some Byzantine ceramic fragments from Dobrudja region of Romania: Raman spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, and imaging data

Zhomartova,

Abdurakhimov,

Talmațchi

et al. 2024

Archaeometry

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The systematic studies of composition and spatial distribution of main phases inside volume of 25 fragments of Byzantine ceramic obtained in archeological works in the Dobrudja region, Romania, have been performed using neutron diffraction and tomography, and Raman spectroscopy. The obtained structural data on the content of phases, the presence of calcite grains and pores, and the uniformity of phase spatial distribution made it possible to systematize the studied fragments and correlate them with clay sources or pottery workshop. The experimental possibilities of neutron methods of nondestructive structural diagnostics as well as the structural markers provided by them in the studies of ceramic samples are discussed.

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“…2 Numerous studies have been dedicated to Byzantine glazed ceramics from the point of view of decoration and style, identification of workshops, but also determination of materials and production technologies and sometimes provenience. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Medieval Balkan states, Bulgaria and Serbia, each in its own way, inherited Byzantine decorative techniques and used them to develop their own design of tableware. 10,11 Several archaeometric studies of medieval glazed pottery from the most significant centres of the medieval Serbian State have been performed: the first state capital Ras, 12 the first monastery Studenica 13,14 and the most important mining centre Novo Brdo.…”

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Application of analytical techniques to the unveiling of the glazing technology of medieval pottery from the Belgrade Fortress

Vasilić

Bikić

Stojanović

et al. 2020

JSCS

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Medieval glazed ceramics, dated to the early 15th century, excavated at the Belgrade Fortress, Serbia, was investigated combining optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), micro-Raman spectroscopy and multivariate statistical analysis. Decoration and style of investigated ceramics were characteristic of workshops from different areas of medieval Serbian state: Ras, Krusevac and Belgrade/Smederevo. Comparison was made with ceramic samples from the same period excavated at the Studenica Monastery, the earliest workshop discovered so far, which were used as reference material for Ras area. Ceramics from the Belgrade Fortress was covered with transparent, lead-based glaze. Majority of the glazes were produced by application of mixture of lead oxide and quartz to the clay body, whereas only two samples were glazed by application of lead oxide by itself. Brown colours of the glaze originate from Fe-based spinel, whereas copper and iron were responsible for the coloring of the green and yellow glazes. The obtained results revealed glazing technology taken from Byzantine tradition.

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Characterization of Byzantine pottery from Oltina (Constanţa County), Romania, using PIXE and Optical Microscopy

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Archaeometric characterization of Byzantine pottery from Păcuiul lui Soare

Archaeometric characterization of Byzantine pottery from Păcuiul lui Soare

The systematic structural studies of some Byzantine ceramic fragments from Dobrudja region of Romania: Raman spectroscopy, neutron diffraction, and imaging data

Application of analytical techniques to the unveiling of the glazing technology of medieval pottery from the Belgrade Fortress

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