Optical Mineralogy for Provenancing Archaeological Ceramics in the Digital-Age:

Collecting and Storing Data for Processing and Publication of Ceramic Artifacts

Paula Waiman-Barak

Challenges in Analyzing and processing Archaeological

ceramics• Shape and function• Provenance of paste and

technology of production• Provenance of Slip and

technology of production• Characterization of post

depositional Process

Collecting Visual Records Using Cheap Optics

Provenance of Paste and Technology of Production

Optical mineralogy

X40 X100

Method of presentation 

Tel Dor Local Manufacture and Imports

ABBC18KM

Geological Layout of Phoenician Sites

ABBC18KM

Geological Layout of Phoenician Sites

Dor Achziv Rehov

Phoenician Bichrome ware

Provenance of Slip and Technology of Production

Provenance of Slip and Technology of Production

Provenance of Slip and Technology of Production

A Achziv Local ProductionB Lebanese Provenance

Provenance of Slip and Technology of Production

Characterization of Post Depositional Process

Middle Bronze Age Jar, 40 Liter, found at sea near Atilt

Characterization of Post Depositional Process

Middle Bronze Age Jar, 40 Liter, found at sea near Atilt

Processing and Distributing data in this Digital Age

Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA)

Laser Ablation Coupled with Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS)

Scanning Electron Microscopes with Energy-Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS)

Methods of Exacting Chemical data for Provenance and Technology of Production

X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)

Additional mineralogical methods for Provenance and Technology of Production

Additional mineralogical methods for Provenance and Technology of Production

Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)

FT-IR done by Shlomo Shoval, the Open University

SalamisKition/Idalion

KitionIdalionEast CoastAmathousPaphosOther?

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PaulaAnna

54

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1375

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27

64

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Comparison Between Stylistic Aspects and suggested Provenance

Paula Anna

Additional mineralogical methods for Provenance and Technology of Production

Typology and style research: Anna Georgiadou, University of Cyprus

The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP)

An open, interactive website focused on ceramics produced in the Levant from the Neolithic era (c. 5500 B.C.E.) through the Ottoman period (c. 1920 C.E.).

Professor Andrea Berlin of Boston University

The Levantine Ceramics Project (LCP)Professor Andrea Berlin of Boston University

Here you can submit and find information—whether long published or newly discovered—about ceramic wares, shapes, specific vessels, scientific analyses, kiln sites, and chronology. The LCP makes it simple to access, share, use, and refine data, to link scholars and to foster collaborative research.

Thank you

The Tell Keisan

excavation project and

Jean-Baptiste Humbert

The Achziv publication project; Eran Arie, Michael Press &

Assaf Yasur-Landau

Richard Jones

Circulation of IR1b 30 liter jars

Qasile

Dor Keisan

Dor Qasile

DorVol. calculations according to Zapassky, Finkelstein and Benenson 2006

Shape and function