This revised edition provides an up-to-date account of the many different kinds of information
that can be obtained through the archaeological study of pottery. It describes the scientific …

Many uncertainties and doubts often arise when students, researchers and professionals of
archaeology start the study of the huge amount of ceramic sherds collected in …

Alteration and contamination processes modify the chemical composition of ceramic
artefacts. This is not restricted solely to the affected elements, but also affects general …

The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than
ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins …

The durability of ceramics in the archaeological record provides the archaeologist with
abundant material for the study of vessel use. The determination of pottery use opens up a …

Ceramics are one of the major loci for the survival of organic residues of archaeological
interest. The effects of post-depositional intrusion of soil organic matter on organic residues …

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

A comparison between the compositions determined by laser ablation-inductively coupled
plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) from two different laboratories on 52 ancient beads …

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 …

From 38 sherds with 'corroded'surfaces, two samples per sherd were examined using
Neutron Activation Analysis, one from the surface and one from the core of each sherd, in …