Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of Roman pottery from an archaeological site near Mosnje (Slovenia)
- Author(s)
- Sabina Kramar, Judita Lux, Ana Mladenovic, Helmut Pristacz, Breda Mirtic, Milan Sagadin, Nastja Rogan-Smuc
- Abstract
Roman pottery excavated from the remains of a villa rustica near Mosnje (Slovenia) was analyzed in terms ofits mineralogical and basic geochemical characteristics, to elucidate the technologies of manufacture. Selectedsamples were examined with optical microscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, SEM-EDS and ICP-OES. Resultsshow that the studied pottery samples can be divided into two main groups based on the nature and size ofgrains; calcite-tempered pottery and pottery containing predominant fine quartz grains. This mineralogicaldistinction also reflects differences in production technology.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Mineralogy and Crystallography
- External organisation(s)
- Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, University of Ljubljana
- Journal
- Applied Clay Science
- Volume
- 57
- Pages
- 39-48
- No. of pages
- 10
- ISSN
- 0169-1317
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2011.12.008
- Publication date
- 2012
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 105116 Mineralogy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/0e0d9c4f-524a-4738-b3fa-46b7456bca2a