Ceramic Petrographic Thin Sections

Using over 200 colour photomicrographs of thin sections from a diverse range of artefacts archaeological.

Ceramic petrographic thin sections.

Grain mount thin section with red or blue epoxy. 2013 archaeopress oxford 260 pp color isbn 978 1 905 73959 2 35 paperback. Professional thin section petrographic and geochemical analysis of archaeological pottery cbm metallurgical ceramics building stone plaster and lithics for the interpretation of provenance and craft technology. Standard 27x46mm large 3 x2 thin sections.

Alternatively non cubic ceramics can be prepared as thin sections also known as petrography for examination by polarized transmitted light microscopy in this technique the specimen is sawed to 1 mm thick glued to a microscope slide and ground or sawed e g by microtome to a thickness x approaching 30 µm. Studies focusing on the provenance and manufacturing technology of these types of artefacts rely on the identification of characteristic petrographic. A cover slip is glued onto the exposed surface. Samples are ground to a thickness of 0 03 mm and mounted on a glass slide.

The interpretation of archaeological pottery and related artefacts in thin section. Ceramic thin section petrography petrology archaeology mineralogy. Mary ownby with the petrographic microscope that is specifically designed to examine rock and pottery thin sections. Thin section ceramic petrography is a versatile interdisciplinary analytical tool for the characterization and interpretation of archaeological pottery and related artefacts including ceramic building materials refractories and plaster.

Ceramic petrography analytical service. Ceramic petrography analytical service professional thin section petrographic and geochemical analysis of archaeological pottery cbm metallurgical ceramics building stone plaster and lithics for the interpretation of provenance and craft technology. Fundamentally petrography employs techniques borrowed from geology to examine ancient pottery to identify the materials used to manufacture the ceramic objects. The interpretation of archaeological pottery related artefacts in thin section.