Multi-technique study of a ceramic archaeological artifact and its content.
In this paper we report the results of a study performed with different physical and chemical methods on a ceramic vase originally attributed to the I century CE. The joint use of infrared spectroscopic analysis and laser techniques, as well as pyrolysis-gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry and thermoluminescence, allowed us to characterize the vase material and its content. The chemical data were combined with morphological and stylistic examinations of the object and helped in defining its actual geographical and chronological pertinence.
ICCOM-CNR, Research Area of Pisa, Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
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S
Legnaioli
F Anabitarte
FA
Garcia
A
A
Andreotti
E
E
Bramanti
D Díaz
DD
Pace
S
S
Formola
G
G
Lorenzetti
M
M
Martini
L
L
Pardini
E
E
Ribechini
E
E
Sibilia
R
R
Spiniello
V
V
Palleschi
D000538:Aluminum Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D001106:Archaeology / Q000379:methods*; D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077215:Clay; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007834:Lasers; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors
D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D000077215:Clay