Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and petrography in the analysis of Neolithic pottery from the Scheldt River valley, Belgium
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- Marieke Vannoorenberghe (UGent) , Dimitri Teetaert (UGent) , Eric Goemaere, Thibaut Van Acker (UGent) , Joke Belza (UGent) , Erwin Meylemans, Frank Vanhaecke (UGent) and Philippe Crombé (UGent)
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- This paper presents the results of laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analysis of the clay fraction in 70 Late Mesolithic and Early/Middle Neolithic pottery sherds from the Scheldt basin and 10 sampled sediments. The elemental concentration results were visualized using multivariate chemometric techniques and compared to the results of petrographic analysis of the same ceramics in order to investigate the complementarity of both approaches. In addition, the results for the pottery and sediments were compared for clay sourcing purposes. Overall, the elemental analysis was able to confirm part of the observations from the petrographic analysis. However, a large part of the ceramics chemical clustering was driven by heterogeneity in the elemental composition that does not stem from differences in the clay source used. Furthermore, no conclusions could be drawn on the use of the sampled sediments for pottery production. Therefore, it is concluded that LA-ICP-MS analysis of the clay fraction in pottery can complement petrography, but petrographic analysis remains indispensable for clay sourcing of pottery from northern Belgium.
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- Ceramic petrography, LA-ICP-MS, Elemental analysis, Neolithic pottery, Belgium, CLAY, GEOCHEMISTRY, OLIGOCENE, SIDERITE, GEOREM, PYRITE, BASIN, SITE, NAA
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8749473
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- Vannoorenberghe, Marieke, et al. “Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and Petrography in the Analysis of Neolithic Pottery from the Scheldt River Valley, Belgium.” JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, vol. 42, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103413.
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- Vannoorenberghe, M., Teetaert, D., Goemaere, E., Van Acker, T., Belza, J., Meylemans, E., … Crombé, P. (2022). Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and petrography in the analysis of Neolithic pottery from the Scheldt River valley, Belgium. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103413
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- Vannoorenberghe, Marieke, Dimitri Teetaert, Eric Goemaere, Thibaut Van Acker, Joke Belza, Erwin Meylemans, Frank Vanhaecke, and Philippe Crombé. 2022. “Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and Petrography in the Analysis of Neolithic Pottery from the Scheldt River Valley, Belgium.” JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103413.
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- Vannoorenberghe, Marieke, Dimitri Teetaert, Eric Goemaere, Thibaut Van Acker, Joke Belza, Erwin Meylemans, Frank Vanhaecke, and Philippe Crombé. 2022. “Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and Petrography in the Analysis of Neolithic Pottery from the Scheldt River Valley, Belgium.” JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS 42. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103413.
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- 1.Vannoorenberghe M, Teetaert D, Goemaere E, Van Acker T, Belza J, Meylemans E, et al. Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and petrography in the analysis of Neolithic pottery from the Scheldt River valley, Belgium. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS. 2022;42.
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- [1]M. Vannoorenberghe et al., “Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and petrography in the analysis of Neolithic pottery from the Scheldt River valley, Belgium,” JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS, vol. 42, 2022.
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abstract = {{This paper presents the results of laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analysis of the clay fraction in 70 Late Mesolithic and Early/Middle Neolithic pottery sherds from the Scheldt basin and 10 sampled sediments. The elemental concentration results were visualized using multivariate chemometric techniques and compared to the results of petrographic analysis of the same ceramics in order to investigate the complementarity of both approaches. In addition, the results for the pottery and sediments were compared for clay sourcing purposes. Overall, the elemental analysis was able to confirm part of the observations from the petrographic analysis. However, a large part of the ceramics chemical clustering was driven by heterogeneity in the elemental composition that does not stem from differences in the clay source used. Furthermore, no conclusions could be drawn on the use of the sampled sediments for pottery production. Therefore, it is concluded that LA-ICP-MS analysis of the clay fraction in pottery can complement petrography, but petrographic analysis remains indispensable for clay sourcing of pottery from northern Belgium.}},
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author = {{Vannoorenberghe, Marieke and Teetaert, Dimitri and Goemaere, Eric and Van Acker, Thibaut and Belza, Joke and Meylemans, Erwin and Vanhaecke, Frank and Crombé, Philippe}},
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keywords = {{Ceramic petrography,LA-ICP-MS,Elemental analysis,Neolithic pottery,Belgium,CLAY,GEOCHEMISTRY,OLIGOCENE,SIDERITE,GEOREM,PYRITE,BASIN,SITE,NAA}},
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title = {{Complementarity of LA-ICP-MS and petrography in the analysis of Neolithic pottery from the Scheldt River valley, Belgium}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103413}},
volume = {{42}},
year = {{2022}},
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