Petrographic and chemical characterization of Middle Bronze Age pottery from Sicily: towards a definition of an Etnean production

An archaeometric study of the Konya basin metallic ware through FTIR and XRD analysis with chemometrics: Central Anatolian Early Bronze Age ceramics

“…Moreover, this method is not appropriate to determine variables such as burial time or atmospheric conditions (Daszkiewicz et al, 2012; Rice, 2015). Today, petrography and spectroscopy are proven to be an effective approach to the study of the mineral phases in ancient ceramics (Akyuz et al, 2019; Kiruba & Ganesan, 2015; Măruţoiu et al, 2018; Rodríguez et al, 2015; Tanasi et al, 2019). Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and XRD are well‐established instrumental methods for such analyses, and well‐characterized clay types, firing temperatures and atmosphere (Bahçeli et al, 2016; De Benedetto et al, 2002; Papakosta et al, 2020; Polymeris et al, 2014; Sanjurjo‐Sánchez, Montero Fenollós, Barrientos & Polymeris, 2018; Sanjurjo‐Sánchez, Montero Fenollós & Polymeris, 2018; Velraj et al, 2015).…”