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ESR06: Provenance research on Cypriot potteryclasses circulating in the Eastern Mediterranean

during the Bronze and early Iron Age

Makarona Christina

PhD candidate

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Introduction

- Past : About myself

- Present: The Project Research topic and aims

Experimental design

Current status

- Future: Considerations and aspirations

Introduction

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Academic composition

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Past: About myself

20%

30%

49%

1%Primary degree:

Physics

(49%)

Masters degree:

Conservation Science

(30%)

Masters degree:

Analytical Chemistry

(20%)

Statistical error margin (1%)

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Topic and aims

ESR06: Provenance research on Cypriot pottery classes circulating in theEastern Mediterranean during the Bronze and early Iron Age

The Project

What Pottery and raw clay materialsWhere Cyprus: starting point is Late Bronze

Age site near Hala Sultan Tekke

(Dromolaxia-Vyzakia)

When Late Bronze/Early Iron age

How?

- Sr isotopic analysis

- Petrography

- Elemental analysis

Why?

- Create enriched fingerprint for raw

material and products

- Investigate utilised technology

- Economical impact, trade routes

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Experimental design

- Combination of Sr and Pb results Disambiguation of results, better

distinction of raw materials/sherd groups

The Project

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Experimental design

- Combination of Sr data and petrography: mapping of the deviation of the final

ceramic product from the raw material temper material, technology used

The Project

87S

r/86Sr

1/[Sr]

Raw material

composition

Deviation

Field

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Current Status

Initial test group: 46 samples (27 sherds, 19 clay samples)

Isotopic measurements: completed by mid-January 2012

NARNIA-ITN workshop: Understanding ceramics and ceramic researchdesign (March 2012, UK)

NARNIA-ITN workshop: Thermal and mechanical properties ofarchaeological ceramics (May 2012, Greece)

Presenting the work: 39th International Symposium on Archaeometry

(28 May 1 June 2012, Leuven, Belgium)

The Project

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Considerations and aspirations

The Future

Sr isotopesPetrography

Elemental Analysis

Simulation tests

Statistical

analysis,

databases,

G.I.S.

- Provenance fingerprinting by isotopic composition (Pb + Sr)

- Investigation of technology related questions

- Additional dimensions of data for more complete characterisation

- Simulation tests for result verification

- Organisation, management and manipulation of the data in a robust way

- Data in geographical context

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Considerations and aspirations

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The Future

Sr isotopesPetrography

Elemental Analysis

Simulation tests

Statistical

analysis,

databases,

G.I.S.

The big picture: Find the ideal segmentation/collaboration ratio

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The Future

Thank you

Considerations and aspirations

The big picture: Find the ideal segmentation/collaboration ratio