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DOI	10.3389/feart.2022.807865
	Automated SEM Mineralogy and Archaeological Ceramics: Applications in Formative Period Pottery From the Atacama Desert
	Riera-Soto, Camila; Agueero, Carolina; Gonzalez-Maurel, Osvaldo; Uribe, Mauricio; Menzies, Andrew
通讯作者	Riera-Soto, C
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
EISSN	2296-6463
出版年	2022
卷号	10
英文摘要	The analysis of archaeological ceramics has rapidly evolved over the last decades by the application of new analytical techniques. An emerging analytical proposal to fully characterise archaeological ceramics using automated SEM mineralogy is presented. A case study is provided of sets of ceramics from the San Pedro de Atacama oases in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. Ceramic fragments of different typologies (i.e., Los Morros, Loa Cafe Alisado and San Pedro Negro Pulido) found in the Ghatchi archaeological sites are analysed. Our results include automated mineralogical maps, which are used to define the components that form the ceramic pastes, i.e., clay matrix and non-plastic inclusions, as well as grain size and mineral abundance information. We show that the pastes that define the studied ceramic types are more complex than previously suggested. The overall composition for these pastes corresponds to clay mineral-rich matrices containing non-plastic inclusions, such as mineral grains, crushed ceramic fragments, and sedimentary to igneous rock fragments, that may vary in composition, size, and abundance among the studied ceramic types. This mineralogical information allows us to discuss possible sources of raw materials by comparing these paste components with geological information. Here we interpret Los Morros and Loa Cafe Alisado as foreign ceramic types to Ghatchi, whereas the San Pedro Negro Pulido fragments found in this site agree well with the pottery paste recipe typically recognised in the San Pedro de Atacama oases. The petrographic-approach employed here supports the automated SEM mineralogy as a valid option for archaeometric studies of ceramic pastes since includes precise quantitative data formulated from the chemical composition of each component of the paste, which may provide valuable evidence into raw materials and technological styles.
英文关键词	automated SEM mineralogy petrography archaeometry archaeological ceramics Atacama Desert
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000828453600001
WOS关键词	SAN PEDRO
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/392687
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Riera-Soto, Camila,Agueero, Carolina,Gonzalez-Maurel, Osvaldo,et al. Automated SEM Mineralogy and Archaeological Ceramics: Applications in Formative Period Pottery From the Atacama Desert[J],2022,10.
APA	Riera-Soto, Camila,Agueero, Carolina,Gonzalez-Maurel, Osvaldo,Uribe, Mauricio,&Menzies, Andrew.(2022).Automated SEM Mineralogy and Archaeological Ceramics: Applications in Formative Period Pottery From the Atacama Desert.FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE,10.
MLA	Riera-Soto, Camila,et al."Automated SEM Mineralogy and Archaeological Ceramics: Applications in Formative Period Pottery From the Atacama Desert".FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE 10(2022).