Short Note: Provenancing of Pottery- The Need for an Integrated Approach?

The method of chemical provenance determination of pottery is described as a very useful tool, which gives reliable results in most cases, if it is applied correctly and to its full power. Therefore, it is claimed that additional petrographic analysis, the so‐called ‘integrated approach’, should not...

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Published inArchaeometry Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 267 - 271
Main Author Mommsen, H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2004
Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Excavation and methods
Generalities
INTEGRATED APPROACH
Laboratory methods
Methodology and general studies
Organisation and history of research
Physical and chemical analysis
POTTERY
Prehistory and protohistory
PROVENANCE
Project
Chemical analysis
Chemical
Tools
Ceramics
Determination
Method
Case
Tool
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Summary:The method of chemical provenance determination of pottery is described as a very useful tool, which gives reliable results in most cases, if it is applied correctly and to its full power. Therefore, it is claimed that additional petrographic analysis, the so‐called ‘integrated approach’, should not be considered as a must for each project, but is only needed in cases in which the chemical approach leaves questions to be answered.
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Received 29 July 2003; accepted 10 November 2003.
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00156.x