An assay on simulation of the late Roman amphoric ceramic raw materials

A statistical study of the physico-chemical and mineralogical properties have been carried out on a select group of the late Roman amphora from the Museo Municipal of Ceuta, Spain, and on several clay seams potentially used in ancient times and located in the surroundings of Ceuta (on the African co...

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Published inThermochimica acta Vol. 322; no. 1; pp. 9 - 16
Main Authors Vigil de la Villa, R, Garcı́a Giménez, R, Cuevas Rodriguez, J, Bernal Casasola, D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 11.11.1998
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Amphora
Excavation and methods
Head manufactured
Laboratory methods
Late Roman
Methodology and general studies
North Africa
Physical and chemical analysis
Prehistory and protohistory
Roman antiquity
North Africa
Africa
Amphora
North Africa
Head manufactured
Late Roman
Chemical analysis
Ceramics
Physical analysis
Materials origin
Mineralogy
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Summary:A statistical study of the physico-chemical and mineralogical properties have been carried out on a select group of the late Roman amphora from the Museo Municipal of Ceuta, Spain, and on several clay seams potentially used in ancient times and located in the surroundings of Ceuta (on the African coast of the Straits of Gibraltar), has offered us the possibility of finding analogies between them. The analysis performed enabled us to link, as a first approach, the amphora with the clay materials used in their manufacture, by mainly using factors involving iron oxide content and the type of feldspar.
ISSN:0040-6031
1872-762X
DOI:10.1016/S0040-6031(98)00398-0