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DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN ETRUSCAN POTTERY AND RECENT IMITATIONS BY MEANS OF THERMAL ANALYSES
Author(s) -
FLAMINI A.,
FLAMINI P. DE LORENZO
Publication year - 1985
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/j.1475-4754.1985.tb00364.x
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , impervious surface , art , geology , geography , biology , ecology
Black bucchero and red pottery of Etruscan production (Cerveteri, seventh‐fifth century B.C.), made from the local Pliocene clay, acquire the property of quickly adsorbing and releasing water after heating up to 300°C. Thermal analysis thus allows easy discrimination between ancient artefacts and recent imitations found to be impervious to water.