Study of Greek neolithic ceramic shards for element concentration changes in relation to the age

Ochsenkuhn, KM; Zouridakis, N; Papathanasopoulos, GA; Ochsenkuhn-Petropulu, M

dc.contributor.author	Ochsenkuhn, KM	en
dc.contributor.author	Zouridakis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Papathanasopoulos, GA	en
dc.contributor.author	Ochsenkuhn-Petropulu, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:51:20Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:51:20Z
dc.date.issued	2001	en
dc.identifier.issn	0733-4680	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/26265
dc.subject	alepotrypa cave of Diros	en
dc.subject	epithermal gamma spectroscopy	en
dc.subject	loss-free counting	en
dc.subject	dating	en
dc.subject.classification	Chemistry, Analytical	en
dc.subject.other	NEUTRON-ACTIVATION ANALYSIS	en
dc.subject.other	NUCLEAR PULSE SPECTROSCOPY	en
dc.subject.other	LOSSES	en
dc.subject.other	TIME	en
dc.title	Study of Greek neolithic ceramic shards for element concentration changes in relation to the age	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2001	en
heal.abstract	At the reactor of the NCSR "Demokritos" epithermal irradiation was used in connection with the loss-free counting technique to investigate Neolithic ceramic shards from the Alepotrypa cave of Diros, Greece. The samples were subjected to a 10 min irradiation and a combination of two measurements, a first short one after a cooling time of 3 h, using loss-free counting and a second long one after 18 h in a well-type detector, allowing the study of 17 elements. Pottery of local origin can show depth-depending changes of composition caused by chemical influences from the geological environment, especially the groundwater, which may be or may have been in direct contact with the objects. It may occur also that, because of the progress of mining, various strata of a clay deposit differing slightly in chemical composition, transfer these changes to the ceramic. To study these possible effects determinations were performed with samples from three different depths and dated by the carbon-14 method, using carbonised objects of the same strata. Finally, changes in the concentrations of Mn, K, and Sb in relation to the age should be the effect of a reductive environment and of ion exchange processes, and could be assessed by statistical evaluation. This estimated age dependence of the concentrations should be taken into consideration when provenance studies are carried out.	en
heal.publisher	MARCEL DEKKER INC	en
heal.journalName	JOURNAL OF TRACE AND MICROPROBE TECHNIQUES	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000169919500010	en
dc.identifier.volume	19	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	107	en
dc.identifier.epage	117	en