A preliminary archaeometric study of pottery remains from the archaeological site of Timpone della Motta, in the Sibaritide area (Calabria - southern Italy)

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-453

  Andaloro, E ^a   Belfiore, C M ^b   De Francesco, A M ^a   Jacobsen, J K ^c   Mittica, G P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Calabria; Colonial ware; Matt painted pottery; Oinotrian Euboean style ceramics; Provenance; Technology

Indexed keywords

CALABRIA; COLONIAL WARE; MATT-PAINTED POTTERY; OINOTRIAN-EUBOEAN STYLE CERAMICS; PROVENANCE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CLAY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MANUFACTURING; PROVENANCE; TECHNOLOGY;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

DELLA;

EID: 79960956075     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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