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Ceramic Petrography

Ceramic petrography analyzes pottery through microscopic examination of thin sections cut from pottery sherds. This method determines clay sources, identifies non-plastic inclusions (temper), and reconstructs pottery production technology. Pioneered by Peter Stimmung and others, ceramic petrography reveals whether pottery was made locally or imported, and whether specific production groups or workshops created vessels with distinctive raw material recipes.

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Ceramic Petrography
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / archaeology
  • Quinn, P. S. (2013). Ceramic Petrology: The Interpretation of Ceramic Artifacts in Archaeological Science. Archaeopress. · URL
  • Stimmung, P. (1976). Pottery and archaeopetrography. Norwegian Archaeological Review, 9(2), 104-124. · URL
  • Whitbread, I. K. (1995). Greek Pottery Workshop Organisations and the Determinants of Vessel Form. Journal of the Hellenic Society, 115, 137-153. · URL
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Related methods

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