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Anthracological analysis of wooden shaft remains from the Roman-period sacrificial lake of Nidajno, Czaszkowo 1 site, north-eastern Poland 波兰东北部Czaszkowo 1遗址Nidajno罗马时期祭祀湖木轴遗迹的人类学分析

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-11-17 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13043

Aleksandra Rzeszotarska-Nowakiewicz, Bartosz Kontny, Tomasz Nowakiewicz, Katarzyna Cywa

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Research on bluish-white porcelain glazes of Fanchang kiln in China 中国繁昌窑青花瓷釉研究

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-11-14 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13042

Mingfang Cui, Mingxue Guan, Jie Zhu, Rui Hu, Jianhua Zhu

{"title":"Research on bluish-white porcelain glazes of Fanchang kiln in China","authors":"Mingfang Cui, Mingxue Guan, Jie Zhu, Rui Hu, Jianhua Zhu","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13042","url":null,"abstract":"Polarized light microscopy, thermal dilatometery and energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF) were conducted to analyse the microstructures, sintering temperature and chemical compositions of ancient porcelain glazes excavated from Fanchang kiln, China. The origin, development and decline of Fanchang bluish-white porcelain were thoroughly investigated from the perspective of the formula and firing technology from the Five dynasties (907–906 CE) to the middle Northern Song dynasty (1015–1070 CE). The contents of major elements in glazes were compared with those of Ding, Yue, Qingshan and Hutian kilns over the same period. It was indicated that the glazes of Fanchang bluish-white porcelain were prepared by mixing limestone and plant ashes into the ‘glaze stone’. After the middle Northern Song, the content of limestone and plant ashes gradually increased, which was related to the change of raw materials and the formula technology. The glaze formula of Fanchang kiln was much closer to the southern kilns. Evidence revealed that Fanchang bluish-white porcelains had reached a high firing level in the Five dynasties. At that time, the firing temperature was maintained in the range of 1100–1220°C, and their colour and texture showed at their best. In the middle Northern Song, the quality decreased as the firing temperature decreased, implying signals of a gradual decline.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 3","pages":"773-785"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dating an ancient spring tunnel using archaeological artefacts functioning as nuclei of cave pearls 使用作为洞穴珍珠核的考古文物来确定古代泉水隧道的年代

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-11-06 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13031

Azriel Yechezkel, Yoav Vaknin, Shlomit Cooper-Frumkin, Uri Ryb, Ron Shaar, Yuval Gadot, Amos Frumkin

{"title":"Dating an ancient spring tunnel using archaeological artefacts functioning as nuclei of cave pearls","authors":"Azriel Yechezkel, Yoav Vaknin, Shlomit Cooper-Frumkin, Uri Ryb, Ron Shaar, Yuval Gadot, Amos Frumkin","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13031","url":null,"abstract":"Cave pearls are spherical concentric speleothems growing radially around nuclei in shallow pools saturated with calcite. They are very rare in the Southern Levant. We present a unique assemblage of 50 cave pearls found in the Iron Age Joweizeh artificial spring tunnel in the Jerusalem Hills of Israel. Some of these deposits represent the first global evidence of formation on archaeological artefacts: pottery sherds and ancient plaster. Multi-analyses were conducted to date and characterize the different nuclei and pearls. Charcoal samples extracted from the plaster nuclei of two pearls were 14C dated to the Hellenistic period. Two pearls were formed on sherds of Hellenistic lamps. XPS found Co colour remains, suggesting both had been imported. The Hellenistic date is also supported by archaeomagnetic dates of seven other pottery nuclei. Most Hellenistic remains are probably the outcome of a renovation campaign in the tunnel. Four pearls were sampled for stable isotopes (δ13C and δ18O). The range of δ18O values from the Joweizeh pearls is compatible with the Holocene Soreq and Jerusalem caves’ records. The δ13C differences between Joweizeh and Soreq indicate local changes in the overlying vegetation throughout history. The various lines of evidence enabled us to characterize the pearls’ formation process, reconstruct the Joweizeh spring tunnel's hydraulic environment and detect changes that occurred in its water flow regime throughout history.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 3","pages":"748-772"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/arcm.13031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Faience beads excavated from Laolongtou cemetery, Yanyuan: new evidence of the cultural exchange between the south-western and north-western parts of China 盐原老龙头墓园出土彩珠：中国西南与西北地区文化交流的新证据

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13038

Yunling Liu, Jianbo Tian, Zhiqing Zhou, Xiaoxiao Hao, Haichao Li

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Rapid and high-resolution handheld X-ray backscatter subsurface imaging for field archaeology prediction 用于野外考古预测的快速高分辨率手持x射线后向散射地下成像

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-11-03 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13039

Changrong Shi, Minghao Dong, Yongshun Xiao, Wenzhong Xu, Zhiyong Lu, Yongjian Zhang, Chunbo Hu, Yanxin Shi, Bo Wang, Xifeng Ding

{"title":"Rapid and high-resolution handheld X-ray backscatter subsurface imaging for field archaeology prediction","authors":"Changrong Shi, Minghao Dong, Yongshun Xiao, Wenzhong Xu, Zhiyong Lu, Yongjian Zhang, Chunbo Hu, Yanxin Shi, Bo Wang, Xifeng Ding","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13039","url":null,"abstract":"Rapid acquisition of millimeter-resolution subterranean images can significantly improve the efficiency of archaeological excavation and facilitate the preservation of artifacts. For excavation sites with limited space, small and portable imaging equipment is necessary. Compton backscatter imaging (CBI) is a single-sided non-destructive testing technique, which typically requires a short scan time to obtain high-resolution images. It has great potential in archaeological excavation, supporting archaeologists to make quick judgments. This research utilized a compact, easy-to-carry handheld backscatter system, making it particularly suitable and beneficial for on-site archaeological excavation. Tests were performed in the framework of the excavation of a chariot pit at Dajuan Han Tomb in Xi'an (Shaanxi Province, China) to validate the applicability of this technique in imaging soil structure changes and detecting cultural artifacts. The experimental results show that CBI can clearly image bronze artifacts buried underground, which means practical value in archaeological excavation.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 3","pages":"738-747"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Realizing high photothermal conversion efficiency in traditional Chinese purple (BaCuSi2O6) pigment 实现了传统紫外光（BaCuSi2O6）颜料的高光热转换效率

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13040

Maohao Yang, Wanyin Ge, Qian Zhang, Xin Xie, Zili Luo, Shifan Shang, Huating Diwu

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Pig management revealed by geometric morphometric analysis at the late Neolithic and Bronze Age Dinggong site in China 新石器时代晚期和青铜器时代中国鼎公遗址的猪管理几何形态分析

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13037

Minghao Lin, Guanghui Zhang, Yanbo Song, Yifan Wang, Fangjie Ding, Fengshi Luan

{"title":"Pig management revealed by geometric morphometric analysis at the late Neolithic and Bronze Age Dinggong site in China","authors":"Minghao Lin, Guanghui Zhang, Yanbo Song, Yifan Wang, Fangjie Ding, Fengshi Luan","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13037","url":null,"abstract":"China was one of the earliest domestication centres for pigs in the Old World. Since their domestication, pigs have been significantly involved in human societies from both economic and ceremonial perspectives, so the investigation of pig domestication is key to understand the development process of ancient communities. However, the pig domestication process has not been fully explored in Shandong, one of the earliest regions for exploiting pig resources, such as canine teeth, in China. We use geometric morphometry to analyse the second lower molars of pigs associated with diverse periods, including the Longshan, Yueshi, and Shang and Zhou, at Dinggong, China. The results show that while there was a relatively consistent pig phenotype in this region from the Longshan to the Shang and Zhou periods, the centroid sizes of pigs experienced a moderate decrease over time. A certain number of wild boars were harvested by humans, but their proportions declined chronologically along with the gradually intensification of pig management. Apart from household refuse, fodders similar to the staple plants for humans were provisioned to those managed pigs, suggesting a close relationship between humans and pigs. In spite of more time and energy required for managing pigs, human societies could have benefited from this investment with a better secured meat supply and more ceremonial materials, which helped strengthen the human–pig bond from the Neolithic period to today.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 3","pages":"699-709"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Fuelling the blacksmiths furnace: a multidisciplinary study into the use of ‘smithy’ coal in the iron-working industry of a late medieval harbour system, Bruges (Belgium) 给铁匠炉加油：布鲁日（比利时）中世纪晚期港口系统的炼铁工业中使用“铁匠”煤的多学科研究

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13036

Biernacka Paulina, De Clercq Wim, Bonduel Elisa, Barnard Patrick, Mc Lean Duncan, Harding Rick, Poulain Maxime, Trachet Jan, Dewaele Stijn, De Grave Johan

{"title":"Fuelling the blacksmiths furnace: a multidisciplinary study into the use of ‘smithy’ coal in the iron-working industry of a late medieval harbour system, Bruges (Belgium)","authors":"Biernacka Paulina, De Clercq Wim, Bonduel Elisa, Barnard Patrick, Mc Lean Duncan, Harding Rick, Poulain Maxime, Trachet Jan, Dewaele Stijn, De Grave Johan","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13036","url":null,"abstract":"Large amounts of iron slag were discovered during archaeological excavations in the late medieval harbour of Hoeke (Municipality of Damme, Belgium), one of the main outer harbours of Bruges. This waste product indicates the presence of 13th- to 14th-century pre-industrial metalworking activities, such as blacksmithing, which involved the production of iron objects and the repair of ships, as historically documented on this site. Besides the waste products from iron working, fragments of coal were also discovered within the same deposits, both as separate pieces and included in the slags, suggesting that coal was used as a fuel during these activities. This discovery resulted in a multidisciplinary study applying geochemical, palaeontological, and historical analyses that allowed to identify the provenance of the coal (Northumberland-Durham Coalfield) as well as to provide new insights into maritime coal trade during this period. This work contributes to a deeper understanding of pre-industrial craft practices in the Bruges harbour system and expands the knowledge of the fuel sources used in the late medieval harbour's iron-working activities.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 3","pages":"682-698"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143950315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Evidence of glass bead-making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula 早期伊斯兰伊比利亚半岛玻璃珠制造的证据

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13034

Cristina Boschetti, Jorge de Juan Ares, Sophie Gilotte, Catherine Guerrot, Nadine Schibille

{"title":"Evidence of glass bead-making in the early Islamic Iberian Peninsula","authors":"Cristina Boschetti, Jorge de Juan Ares, Sophie Gilotte, Catherine Guerrot, Nadine Schibille","doi":"10.1111/arcm.13034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13034","url":null,"abstract":"Glass beads from two Islamic archaeological sites in the Tagus valley in central Spain were selected and analysed by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), and a subset of samples (n = 6) was analysed for Pb isotopes by multicollector thermal ionization mass spectrometry (MC-TIMS). The analytical and isotopic data of the beads from Ciudad de Vascos (Toledo) and Albalat (Cáceres) demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that glass beads were produced in the Iberian Peninsula during the Islamic period using local Pb-silica and soda-rich plant-ash glass. The bead workshops in al-Andalus were evidently part of an efficient system of glass collection and recycling, and used only relatively simple bead-making techniques such as winding and folding. At present it is unclear to what extent the Islamic bead-makers in the Iberian Peninsula were involved in the international trade in glass beads or whether their products were mainly destined for a regional market. Despite local production, some samples show compositional and typological features that suggest the import of finished glass beads, perhaps from Central Asia.","PeriodicalId":8254,"journal":{"name":"Archaeometry","volume":"67 2","pages":"364-379"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/arcm.13034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Application of instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) to ceramics and clay sources for the late period (c. 950 years BP) in the Southern Argentine Puna: Interweaving sources, objects and practices 仪器中子活化分析（INAA）在阿根廷南部普纳地区晚期（距今约950年）陶瓷和粘土来源中的应用：相互交织的来源、对象和实践

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Archaeometry Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.13032

Leticia Gasparotti, Rita Plá, Victoria Arévalo

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