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Archaeometric investigation of pottery from funerary gifts in Kal‐e Chendar, Shami (Khuzestan, Iran)
Author(s) -
Davit P.,
Turco F.,
Operti L.,
Borghi A.,
Cellerino A.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12560
Subject(s) - petrography , provenance , pottery , archaeological science , assemblage (archaeology) , archaeology , mineralogy , geology , ancient history , geography , geochemistry , history
Thirty fragments of red slip, glazed, common and cooking ware from Hellenistic and Parthian tombs at Kal‐e Chendar in Shami (Iran) were investigated. Petrographic assemblage and chemometric evaluation of chemical data collected most samples in a large cluster, suggesting a common provenance, even in a quite wide area which includes Izeh plain and lowland Susiana, and underlining the presence of smaller very distinguished groupings. Surface finishing layers (both glazes and red slips) showed a high degree of alteration of their morphological features. Blue glazes are typical plant‐ash, with copper as a colouring agent.