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Title: | Archaeometric analysis for provenance and content of Roman amphorae from the site of Sa Mesquida (Mallorca, Spain) |
Author: | Cau Ontiveros, Miguel Ángel Martínez Ferreras, Verónica Pecci, Alessandra Mas Florit, Catalina Fantuzzi, Leandro |
Keywords: | Àmfores Ceràmica romana Arqueometria Mallorca (Illes Balears) Amphoras Roman pottery Archaeometry Majorca (Balearic Islands) |
Issue Date: | Aug-2018 |
Publisher: | Henan University |
Abstract: | This paper presents the results of an inorganic and organic approach to Roman amphorae found at the rural Roman site of Sa Mesquida (Mallorca). A set of amphorae were discovered in some rooms of the earlier phases of the villa. These amphorae were assigned to a general Tarraconensian and Italic provenance on a macroscopic level. In order to verify this and to accurately determine the provenance an archaeometric characterization was carried out on twelve amphorae. The analytical approach combined wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WD-XRF) for the chemical analysis, as well as powder x-ray diffraction (XRD) and optical microscopy by thin-section analysis (OM) for the mineralogical and petrographic characterization. In addition, organic residue analysis by gas-chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was applied to investigate the content of some of the amphorae for which wine was suggested on an archaeological basis. The results have allowed for a better provenance determination identifying some amphorae from specific workshops or micro-regions within ancient Tarraconensis, as well as a better definition of the Italic materials. The organic analysis has confirmed the presence of wine in the analysed samples. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1297151 |
It is part of: | Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 2018, vol. 18, num. 2, p. 87-105 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/187224 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1297151 |
ISSN: | 1108-9628 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia) Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d’Arqueologia de la Universitat de Barcelona (IAUB)) |
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