Petrographic Analysis Ceramics

Ceramic petrography or ceramic petrology is a laboratory based scientific archaeological technique that examines the mineralogical and microstructural composition of ceramics and other inorganic materials under the polarised light microscope in order to interpret aspects of the provenance and technology of artefacts.

Petrographic analysis ceramics.

2016 114 petrographic analysis of a roman potteryvessel from cheeseman s green kent uk. Petrography was developed by geologists to identify minerals in rocks. The first section is for the general reader and contains summaries of the key petro graphic characteristics of each class and discussion of the re sults. Plains anthropologist 26.

Petrographic analysis involves making a single 30 μm thick cross sectional slide of a material and viewing it through a petrographic microscope. 2016 113 petrographic analysis of middle bronze age trevisker style sherds from queen camel somerset uk. 1970 the scientific analysis of ancient ceramics. Petrographic analysis of ceramics from the berbati valley ian k.

Petrographic analysis is not new to the study of archaeological ceramics but it is receiving more attention as it is applied to interesting and diverse archaeological problems. Petrographic analysis of historic ceramics from suakin condenser island sudan. Whitbread 145 for ease of reference the group and class descriptions be low are separated into two sections. 241 249.

Petrographic and geochemical analysis of pottery and other ceramics from roman pottery kilns at ashlawn road hillmorton warwickshire uk. Petrographic analysis of early neolithic ceramics from tornagrain scottish high lands uk. Samples are ground to a thickness of 0 03 mm and mounted on a glass slide.