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Towards Mineralogical And Geochemical Reference Groups For Some Bronze Age Ceramics From Transylvania (Romania), Volker Hoeck, Corina Ionescu, Lucretia Ghergari, Carmen Precup
Towards Mineralogical And Geochemical Reference Groups For Some Bronze Age Ceramics From Transylvania (Romania), Volker Hoeck, Corina Ionescu, Lucretia Ghergari, Carmen Precup
Studia UBB Geologia
Based on their chemical composition ceramic shards from three Bronze Age sites in Transylvania, i.e., Copăceni, Derşida and Palatca respectively, were distinguished by major, trace, and RE elements. Within the Copăceni samples, two subgroups (A and B) showing different chemistry and mineralogy were additionally separated out. The link between chemistry and mineralogy showed clearly the important contribution of the temper to the overall chemistry of the ceramic shards. In turn, the chemistry facilitated the provenance study of the raw materials, which were collected in the vicinity of the sites. In combination with the mineralogy of the ceramics, the chemical analyses …
Contrasting Recipes For The Kiln Furnitures Of The Faience Manufacture Granges-Le-Bourg (Haute Saône, France), Marino Maggetti, Denis Morin, Vincent Serneels, Christoph Neururer
Contrasting Recipes For The Kiln Furnitures Of The Faience Manufacture Granges-Le-Bourg (Haute Saône, France), Marino Maggetti, Denis Morin, Vincent Serneels, Christoph Neururer
Studia UBB Geologia
Thirty-nine samples of kiln furniture or technical ceramic (firing plate, saggars, spacers, props, wads) and six samples of building ceramics (bricks, tiles) from the manufacture of Granges-le-Bourg were studied by optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The kiln furniture is chemically inhomogeneous and belong to a CaO- + MgO-poor (firing plate, saggars) or a CaO- + MgO-rich (props, spacers, wads) group. Bricks and tiles pertain to the first group which was manufactured using decarbonatized top layers of local Triassic dolomitic marls. For the second group, the deeper layers were used. Plate and saggars are covered with …
Archaeometric Comparison Between The Neolithic Pottery Of Different Cultures At The Archaeological Site Of Alba Iulia (Transylvania, Romania), Bruno Fabbri, Mihai Gligor, Sabrina Gualtieri, Simona Varvara
Archaeometric Comparison Between The Neolithic Pottery Of Different Cultures At The Archaeological Site Of Alba Iulia (Transylvania, Romania), Bruno Fabbri, Mihai Gligor, Sabrina Gualtieri, Simona Varvara
Studia UBB Geologia
A large quantity of pottery has been discovered at the Lumea Nouă Neolithic and Eneolithic settlement in Alba Iulia City (Romania). It belongs to different cultures, and in this paper a comparison among three of them is made: Vinča, Lumea Nouă and Foeni. An analogous number of samples has been selected for each of the three cultures, together with some clay samples collected in the Alba Iulia settlement area. The samples have been analysed by means of XRF, XRPD, and in thin section. Significant differences among the three cultures are only related to the alkalis contents. The Lumea Nouă pottery …