Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 13th - 16th May 2008, Siena, Italy: Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium on Archaeometry, 13th - 16th May 2008, Siena, Italy

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Late Byzantine-Early Islamic Ceramic Technology, Transjordan....Pages 3-8
Provenance Study of Some Samples of “Compendiario” Majolica Found in Archaeological Excavations Carried Out in the Centre of Amsterdam....Pages 9-15
Archaeometry of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Italian Vitreous Materials: A Review....Pages 17-23
Chemical, Mineralogical and Textural Characterisation of Early Iron Age Vitreous Materials from the Golasecca Culture (Northern Italy)....Pages 25-32
Mapping Regional Ceramic Fabrics in Sagalassos (SW-Turkey), Dating from 500 BC–700 AD....Pages 33-40
Ethnoarchaeometric Study of the Traditional Cooking Ware Production Centre of Pabillonis (Sardinia): Investigating Raw Materials and Final Products....Pages 41-47
Materials, Technology and Provenance of Ancient Ceiling Tiles from the Ceramic District in Riva San Vitale (Southern Switzerland)....Pages 49-54
An Investigation into the Ceramic Technology of the Two-Colour Tiles of “Prince Noir” Castle (Bordeaux, France, Thirteen to Fourteenth Centuries AD)....Pages 55-60
Ceramic Production and Metal Working at the Trebbio Archaeological Site (Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Italy)....Pages 61-69
Many Potters – One Style: Pottery Production and Distribution in Transitional Late Byzantine–Early Islamic Palaestina Tertia....Pages 71-76
Technological Features of Colonial Glazed Pottery from el Convento de Santo Domingo (Antigua, Guatemala). Similarities and Differences Between Colonial and Spanish pottery....Pages 77-82
Applicability of Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis to Glass Archaeometry....Pages 83-90
Colorants and Their Provenance of a Late Medieval Glass Goblet Found in Eger (Hungary)....Pages 91-97
 Gnathia and Red-Figured Pottery from Apulia: The Continuity of a Production Technology....Pages 99-104
North-Western European Forest Glass: Working Towards An Independent Means of Provenance....Pages 105-111
Ceramic Production in the Indigenous Settlement of Entella (Western Sicily) During the Archaic Age....Pages 113-118
Middle Guadiana River Basin (Badajoz, Spain and Alentejo, Portugal) Network Interactions: Insights from the Chemical Analysis of Bell Beaker Pottery and the Lead Isotope Analysis of Copper Items from the Third Millennium BC....Pages 119-125
The Black Gloss Pottery in the Region of Ostia: Archaeology and Archaeometry....Pages 127-131
Recognising Frit: Experiments Reproducing Post-Medieval Plant Ash Glass....Pages 133-138
Archaeometric Investigation of Early Iron Age Glasses from Bologna....Pages 139-144
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Non Invasive Study of Nineteenth Century Iranian Polychrome Underglaze Painted Tiles by Fibre Optic Visible Reflectance Spectroscopy....Pages 145-151
Neolithic Facies of Stentinello Culture: Analysis and Comparison of Ceramics from Capo Alfiere (Calabria) and Perriere Sottano (Sicily)....Pages 153-158
Preliminary Archaeometric Data on Fineware from the Middle Neolithic Bükk Culture....Pages 159-167
A Study of the Materials Used for the Inscriptions on Ceramic Vessels....Pages 169-175
A Discussion on Raw Materials Used for Ancient Chinese Porcelain....Pages 177-183
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Palaeolithic Paintings at Riparo Dalmeri, a Northern Italian Rock Shelter: Materials, Technologies, Techniques....Pages 187-192
“Ramses II in Majesty”: A Minero-Petrographic and Provenance Rock Study....Pages 193-198
Using Non-destructive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis to Investigate the Prehistoric Use and Distribution of Hornfels in Southern Quebec....Pages 199-204
Clinical Test Strips for Rapid Identification of Binder Materials in Rock Paintings....Pages 205-210
Archaeometric Processing of Polished Stone Artefacts from the Ebenhöch Collection (Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary)....Pages 211-219
The Colour of the Façades in Siena’s Historical Centre: Calcium Oxalate Films on Brickwork of the Fifteenth to Sixteenth Century Palaces....Pages 221-226
Stone Beads from Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Settlements from South-Western Portugal: Analyses by X-Ray Diffraction....Pages 227-231
Integrated Research on Sixteenth to Early Nineteenth Century Panel Paintings: Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Characterisation of Paint Layers....Pages 233-238
A Diptich by Marcellus Coffermans Analysed by Portable XRF....Pages 239-245
The Analysis of “San He Tu” from the Haizi and Weizi Emplacements at the Tianjin Dagu Site....Pages 247-254
Neolithic Obsidian Economy Around the Monte Arci Source (Sardinia, Italy): The Importance of Integrated Provenance/Technology Analyses....Pages 255-260
Mineralogical Characterization of the Weathering Crusts Covering the Ancient Wall Paintings of the Festival Temple of Thutmosis III, Karnak Temple Complex, Upper Egypt....Pages 261-266
Scientific Characterization of Roman Age Over-Paintings at Luxor Temple, Upper Egypt: Preliminary Results....Pages 267-272
Gilding Techniques in Mural Paintings: Three Examples from the Romanesque Period in France....Pages 273-278
The Basalts of the Independent State of Samoa....Pages 279-284
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Petrographic and Geochemical Investigation of Sarmatian Grinding Stones from the Üllő 5 Site, North Hungary....Pages 285-292
Brick-Lime Mortars and Plasters of a Sixteenth Century Ottoman Bath from Budapest, Hungary....Pages 293-298
Manufacturing Analysis and Non Destructive Characterisation of Green Stone Objects from the Tenochtitlan Templo Mayor Museum, Mexico....Pages 299-304
Traces of Ancient Treatments on the Stone Materials of the Main Façade of the Siena Cathedral: Glazings (Calcium Oxalate Films s.s. ) and Other Finishes....Pages 305-310
Investigating Trade and Exchange Patterns in Prehistory: Preliminary Results of the Archaeometric Analyses of Stone Artefacts from Tell Gorzsa (South-East Hungary)....Pages 311-319
Intra-site Obsidian Subsource Patterns at Contraguda, Sardinia (Italy)....Pages 321-328
The Characterisation of Lime Plasters from Lamanai, Belize: A Diachronic Approach to the Study of Architectural Practices....Pages 329-334
Provenance Studies of Midwestern Pipestones Using a Portable Infrared Spectrometer....Pages 335-342
Application of Micro-CT: 3D Reconstruction of Tool Marks on an Ancient Stone Bead and its Implication for Jade Drilling Techniques....Pages 343-347
Non Destructive In Situ Study of Mexican Codices: Methodology and First Results of Materials Analysis for the Colombino and Azoyu Codices....Pages 349-354
MissMarble, an Interdisciplinary Data Base of Marble for Archaeometric, Art History and Restoration Use....Pages 355-361
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Look Into the Objects: Why? Cultural Heritage Motivations of Neutron-Based Imaging Techniques....Pages 365-370
Nano-Scale Investigation of Some Dichroic/Opalescent Archaeological Materials....Pages 371-375
Sienese “Archaic” Majolica: Characterisation of Enamels and Glazes by Analytical-Transmission Electron Microscopy (AEM–TEM)....Pages 377-381
From Micro- to Nano-Arrangement: Alteration Products in Archaeological Glass from Marine and Land-Based Environments....Pages 383-387
An Investigation of the Sulfur–Iron Chemistry in Timbers of the Sixteenth Century Warship, the Mary Rose , by Synchrotron Micro-X-Ray Spectroscopy....Pages 389-394
The Role of TOF-SIMS in the Characterisation of Inorganic and Organic Components in Paint Samples....Pages 395-401
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Provenance Study of Wood Found in Archaeological and Architectural Objects....Pages 405-409
Hormone Mass Fingerprinting: Novel Molecular Sex Determination of Ancient Human Skeletal Remains....Pages 411-415
Hair: An Untapped Forensic Resource....Pages 417-420
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Archaeobotany as an In-Site / Off-Site Tool for Paleoenvironmental Research at Pulo di Molfetta (Puglia, South-Eastern Italy)....Pages 421-426
Analysis of Archaeological Bones for the Purpose of Reconstructing the Paleodiet of Medieval Inhabitants....Pages 427-433
Integrating Stable Isotopes to the Study of the Origin of Management Strategies for Domestic Animals: δ 13 C and δ 18 O Results from Bioapatite Enamel of Cattle from the Tell Halula Site, Syria (7800–7000 BC)....Pages 435-440
Chemical Analysis of Hair Segments and Short-Term Dietary Variation: Results for the Ancient Site of Chongos (Peru)....Pages 441-446
Distinguishing Between Reindeer Antler and Bone Using Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 447-450
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Fish-Based Subproducts in Late Antiquity. Archaeometric and Archaeological Evidence from the Fish Factories at Traducta (Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain)....Pages 453-458
Chemical Analyses of Floors at San Genesio (San Miniato, Pisa): A Medieval Tavern....Pages 459-464
Food Habits and Social Identity During the Archaic Age: Chemical Analyses of Organic Residues Found on Pottery Vessels from the Messapian Settlement of San Vito dei Normanni (South-Eastern Italy)....Pages 465-471
Finding Food While Protecting Pots: A Non-Destructive Protocol for Absorbed Residue Analysis....Pages 473-477
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ESR and U/Th Dating Methodologies Applied to Carbonates from Southern Italy....Pages 481-488
The Mezza Spiaggia Tower (Cagliari, Italy): The Dating of Structures by the Metrological–Chronological Analysis of Masonry and the Petro-Geochemical Stratigraphy of Building Materials....Pages 489-494
Preliminary Results of Magnetic Archaeointensity Measurements in Brazil....Pages 495-499
The Dating of a Sixteenth Century Settlement in the Vicinity of Quebec City (Canada) by Means of Elemental Analysis of Glass Beads Through Thermal and Fast Neutron Activation Analyses....Pages 501-508
Faster and More Accurate Processing of Samples for Microtephrochronology....Pages 509-513
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The Radiocarbon Dating of Mortars from Wielka Waga , The Great Scales Building in The Krakow Market Square....Pages 517-524
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Combination of Non-Destructive Methods for the Observation of the State of Subsurface Preservation of Ploughed Archaeological Sites: A Case Study from Oppidum Stradonice in Bohemia....Pages 527-532
The Different Possibilities for Collaboration Between Geophysical and Archaeological Methods in the Context of the Research Project “Neglected Archaeology” of the Department of Archaeology of the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen....Pages 533-539
Comparative Archaeometric Analysis by 3D Laser, Short Range Photogrammetry, and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Applied to the Celtiberian City-State of Segeda....Pages 541-546
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Shell Mounds in Brazilian Coast: Integrating Archaeological and Environmental Studies....Pages 549-554
Hydraulic Systems in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) During the Bronze Age: Archaeology and Geoarchaeology....Pages 555-560
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Cultural Landscapes of South-Eastern Rhodope: The Transition from Byzantine to Modern Times....Pages 561-566
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XRF Analyses of Four Silver Gilded Hellenistic Epaulettes....Pages 569-574
The Use of Industrial Computed Tomography in the Study of Archaeological Finds....Pages 575-578
Arabic Coins as a Silver Source for Slavonic and Scandinavian Jewellers in the Tenth Century AD....Pages 579-584
Neutron-Based Analytical Methods for the Non-Invasive Characterisation of Iron Artefacts....Pages 585-590
Corrosion Studies and Lead Isotope Analyses of Musket Balls from Scottish Battlefield Sites....Pages 591-597
Non-Destructive and Minimally Invasive Analyses of Bronze Seal Boxes from Augusta Raurica by Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Raman Spectroscopy and FTIR Spectroscopy....Pages 599-604
A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of An Assemblage of Copper-Based Finds Assigned to the Prehistory and Proto-History of Fucino, Abruzzo, Italy....Pages 605-610
Copper-Based Kettles from Brador: A Contribution to the Study of Eastern Settlements of New France on the Northern Shore of the Estuary of the Saint-Lawrence (Quebec, Canada)....Pages 611-616
On the Gold Adornments from Apahida-Fifth Century AD, Transylvania, Romania....Pages 617-622
Non Destructive In Situ Analysis of Gold and Silver Artifacts from Tomb 7 of Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico....Pages 623-627
“Harvesting” the Ore: The Use of Iron Seepages in the Early Bloomery Furnace in Ireland....Pages 629-635
Analysis of Gold Jewellery by PIXE and SEM–EDS: A Comparison of Ancient and Modern Productions....Pages 637-641
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Reconstructing the Lost Moregine Site: A VR Based Approach to Simulate and Navigate an Inaccessible Archaeological Excavation....Pages 645-649
The Study of the Fourth Millennium Mud-Bricks at Arslantepe: Malatya (Turkey): Preliminary Results....Pages 651-656
Intra-Site Testing Using Magnetometry and Shovel Test Pits in the Podere Funghi near Poggio Colla (Florence, Italy)....Pages 657-662