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An Archaeometric and Archaeological Approach to Hellenistic-Early Roman Ceramic Workshops in Greece: Contribution to Dating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2016

Despina Kondopoulou ,
Irene Zananiri ,
Christina Rathossi ,
Emanuela De Marco ,
Vasileios Spatharas  and
Eleni Hasaki
Despina Kondopoulou*
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 352-1, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
Irene Zananiri
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, 1 Spirou Loui str., Olympic Village (Entrance C), Acharnae 13677, Greece
Christina Rathossi
Affiliation:
Sector of Earth Materials, Department of Geology, University of Patras, Rio Patra 26504, Greece
Emanuela De Marco
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 352-1, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
Vasileios Spatharas
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics, School of Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 352-1, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
Eleni Hasaki
Affiliation:
School of Anthropology and Department of Classics, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210030, Tucson, AZ 85712-0030, USA
*
∗Corresponding author: despi@geo.auth.gr.
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The present article comprises a multidisciplinary archaeometric approach for the study of Hellenistic and Early Roman kilns in Greece. A collection of previously published and new archaeomagnetic data are combined with new results from mineralogical analytical experiments. The sampled material came from four areas, covering different geological contexts: Katerini, Olympiada, and Polymylos in mainland Greece, and the island of Paros. Extensive rock-magnetic experiments, including identification of the dominant ferromagnetic minerals present, their domain state, and mineralogical alterations during laboratory treatments, have been carried out in order to examine the magnetic properties of the studied materials and prove their suitability for reliable archaeomagnetic determinations. Magnetic cleaning provided well-defined archaeomagnetic directions, and archaeointensity measurements were carried out using both the Thellier-Thellier and Triaxe protocols. Information from both magnetic and mineralogical properties referring to firing conditions is further discussed along with archaeological information. Finally, a new dating of the four sites together with other structures of similar age was carried out using the Pavón-Carrasco model.

Keywords

archaeomagnetismmineralogical analysisfiring temperatureceramic workshopHellenistic/Early Roman.
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Radiocarbon , Volume 56 , Issue 4 , 2014 , pp. S27 - S38
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Copyright © 2014 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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