Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries

IF 1.5 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeometry Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.1111/arcm.13087

Riia Chmielowski, Kamal Badreshany, Karen Milek

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Abstract

Steatite has been a widely traded material across a range of archaeological contexts. Yet, challenges inherent to determining its provenance limits our understanding of the networks and mechanisms of its exchange. We present a robust new accessory mineral provenancing “fingerprint” method based their specific growth history. We use laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to produce detailed trace-element maps of minerals that reveal changes in the composition across individual crystals, which arose due to changes in their location-specific growing conditions. Our case study presents results from Scandinavian steatite quarries that feature spinel and iron oxide accessory minerals.

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辅助矿物：滑石采石场的物源鉴定工具

在一系列考古背景下，滑石一直是一种广泛交易的材料。然而，确定其来源的固有挑战限制了我们对其交换网络和机制的理解。基于其特定的生长历史，我们提出了一种新的辅助矿物物源识别“指纹”方法。我们使用激光烧蚀电感耦合等离子体质谱（LA-ICP-MS）来生成详细的矿物微量元素图，揭示了单个晶体成分的变化，这些变化是由于其特定位置生长条件的变化而产生的。我们的案例研究展示了斯堪的纳维亚滑石采石场的结果，这些采石场具有尖晶石和氧化铁辅助矿物。

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Archaeometry 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

12.50%

发文量

105

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Archaeometry is an international research journal covering the application of the physical and biological sciences to archaeology, anthropology and art history. Topics covered include dating methods, artifact studies, mathematical methods, remote sensing techniques, conservation science, environmental reconstruction, biological anthropology and archaeological theory. Papers are expected to have a clear archaeological, anthropological or art historical context, be of the highest scientific standards, and to present data of international relevance. The journal is published on behalf of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, in association with Gesellschaft für Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie, ARCHAEOMETRIE, the Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS), and Associazione Italian di Archeometria.