Focused on uncoated ceramics, this tutorial paper is divided into two main sections. The first
section deals with the operational phases required prior to firing (drying, piling, fuel supply) …

The contribution of the physical sciences to the reconstruction of the production technology
(ie, processing of raw materials, forming, surface treatments and firing methods) for …

Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) serves as an effective, rapid and non-destructive,
method for determining the elemental composition of natural and man-made materials, such …

After they have been abandoned, ceramic materials may undergo substantial
transformations, all of which may change their macroscopic aspect, mineralogy, chemical …

The approaches of comparative studies and profile measurements, often used in order to
detect post‐depositional alterations of ceramics, have been applied simultaneously to two …

A ceramic assemblage selected from a recently excavated Late Helladic settlement at
Kastrouli (Central Greece) has been chemically analyzed and statistically elaborated, to add …

The scope of this chapter is the application of handheld portable energy-dispersive X-ray
fluorescence spectrometers (commonly referred to as portable XRF (pXRF; p-ED-XRF) …

Abstract The Neolithic Corded Ware Culture (CWC) complex spread across the Baltic Sea
region ca. 2900/2800–2300/2000 BCE. Whether this cultural adaptation was driven by …

Neutron activation analysis of pottery was established at Bonn in 1983 and has since
become one of the primary archaeometry‐based analytical techniques at the facility. A brief …

Although Greek contacts with the Southern Levant during the Iron Age have been studied at
length, the matter remains controversial in many aspects. The present study provides an …