Modelling changes in mollusc shell internal microstructure during firing: Implications for temperature estimation in shell-bearing pottery

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 529-541

  Maritan, L ^a   Mazzoli, C ^a,b   Freestone, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Firing experiments; Firing temperature; Microstructure; Mollusc shell; Pottery; SEM; XRD

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLAY MINERAL; DECOMPOSITION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; MOLLUSC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELL;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 34548235328     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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