Synchrotron micro-XRD applied for the characterization of pottery from the Neolithic to Chalcolithic transitional period: a case study from Tappeh Zaghe, Iran

The production of pottery represented a significant pyro-technological progress in the ancient world. Two types of characteristics pottery from the transitional period (Neolithic to Chalcolithic) found at the Tappeh Zaghe in northern Iran were analyzed in order to investigate newly formed phases pro...

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Published in:European physical journal plus 2021-01, Vol.136 (1), p.63, Article 63
Main Authors: Emami, Mohammadamin, Vallcorba, Oriol, Rozatian, Amir Sayid Hassan, Hadian Dehkordi, Manijeh, Talaee, Hassan, Chapoulie, Remy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied and Technical Physics
Atomic
Ceramics
Complex Systems
Condensed Matter Physics
Decomposition reactions
Fabrication
Historic artifacts
Image analysis
Investigations
Iron Age
Manufacturing
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Microscopy
Mineralogy
Molecular
Neolithic
Optical and Plasma Physics
Phases
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Pottery
Raw materials
Regular Article
Sintering (powder metallurgy)
Stone Age
Synchrotrons
Technology assessment
Theoretical
X ray powder diffraction
X-ray diffraction
X-rays
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Summary:The production of pottery represented a significant pyro-technological progress in the ancient world. Two types of characteristics pottery from the transitional period (Neolithic to Chalcolithic) found at the Tappeh Zaghe in northern Iran were analyzed in order to investigate newly formed phases produced during the firing stage of pottery. This might have been a sign of technological evaluation through transitional period. Petrographic analysis, coupled with multi-image analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and environmental scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-rays (ESEM-EDX) provided information on the compassion and microstructure of ceramic samples. Synchrotron micro-XRD beamline allowed the spatial mapping of crystalline phases from near surface (at the surface) into the matrix of potteries and the detection of minute, major and minor phases. The mineralogical interaction between various primary phases and decomposition regard carbonate reaction within the potteries fabrication in the as-received. New phases were followed across the wall thickness which were achieved by sintering (partial or total) and show a clear transition from outer side to the core of the pottery.
ISSN:2190-5444
2190-5444
DOI:10.1140/epjp/s13360-020-01035-x