Portable X-ray florescence studies of black-gloss pottery from Monte Pallano (Italy)

Summary

This is an examination of a collection of 200 sherds of black-gloss pottery (a type of fineware that was used for dining and wine consumption from the 5th century B.C.E.-1st century B.C.E ) excavated from the Monte Pallano ridge in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy. Customarily, pXRF has been used to identify and characterize clay sources for ancient pottery production. In this paper, the elemental composition of the ceramics—measured with a Bruker Tracer III SD pXRF—is analyzed: 1) to characterize the composition of the sherds, 2) to describe the homogeneity/ heterogeneity of individual sherds, 3) to compare sherds excavated from two nearby areas on Monte Pallano (a settlement and a sanctuary precinct), 4) to contrast local pottery to that made elsewhere, and 5) to relate these data to fabric groupings made using traditional ceramological techniques.

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• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)

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