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A COMPARATIVE ELECTRON MICROPROBE STUDY OF LERNA III AND IV CERAMICS AND LOCAL CLAY‐RICH SEDIMENTS *
Author(s) -
SHRINER C.,
DORAIS M. J.
Publication year - 1999
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.1475-4754.1999.tb00850.x
Subject(s) - electron microprobe , ceramic , mineralogy , geology , geochemistry , archaeology , materials science , geography , metallurgy
This study uses electron microprobe analysis of ceramic artefacts and local day‐rich sediments and lithics to help address questions concerning the nature of the cultural change implied by ceramics from Lerna III and IV. It redresses the previous lack of a comparative collection of clay‐rich sediments that adequately represents the local variation in clay and temper for the area surrounding Lerna. The resulting comparisons indicate that although they produced stylistically different ceramics, potters from both Lenta phases acquired their clays from the local Lerna area.