Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study

Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study

Mineralogical and petrographic studies of Early Medieval potshards exhumed in the Viile Tecii archaeological site (North Transylvania, Romania) show a ceramic body composed of a microcrystalline to amorphous matrix, various clasts and voids. The microscopical features and XRD patterns indicate that...

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Main Authors: Corina Ionescu, Lucretia Ghergari, Marius Horga, Gabriela Rădulescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2007-10-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol52/iss2/art4/
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spelling doaj-32e046b33b934d1db2f67745238a20ba2020-11-24T23:54:39ZengCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia1221-08031937-86022007-10-015222935Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD studyCorina Ionescu0Lucretia Ghergari1Marius HorgaGabriela RădulescuBabeş-Bolyai UniversityBabeş-Bolyai UniversityMineralogical and petrographic studies of Early Medieval potshards exhumed in the Viile Tecii archaeological site (North Transylvania, Romania) show a ceramic body composed of a microcrystalline to amorphous matrix, various clasts and voids. The microscopical features and XRD patterns indicate that illitic-kaolinitic clays were used as raw materials, together with quartzitic sands as tempering material. The ceramic vessels were obtained with the potter’s wheel, but the fabric is only slightly oriented, due either to the fast modeling or to the coarseness of the clayish paste. The thermal alteration of mineral phases points to relatively high firing-temperatures, between 800 and 900°C. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol52/iss2/art4/
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author Corina Ionescu
Lucretia Ghergari
Marius Horga
Gabriela Rădulescu
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Lucretia Ghergari
Marius Horga
Gabriela Rădulescu
Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia
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Lucretia Ghergari
Marius Horga
Gabriela Rădulescu
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title Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
title_short Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
title_full Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
title_fullStr Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
title_full_unstemmed Early Medieval ceramics from the Viile Tecii archaeological site (Romania): an optical and XRD study
title_sort early medieval ceramics from the viile tecii archaeological site (romania): an optical and xrd study
publisher Cluj University Press
series Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia
issn 1221-0803
1937-8602
publishDate 2007-10-01
description Mineralogical and petrographic studies of Early Medieval potshards exhumed in the Viile Tecii archaeological site (North Transylvania, Romania) show a ceramic body composed of a microcrystalline to amorphous matrix, various clasts and voids. The microscopical features and XRD patterns indicate that illitic-kaolinitic clays were used as raw materials, together with quartzitic sands as tempering material. The ceramic vessels were obtained with the potter’s wheel, but the fabric is only slightly oriented, due either to the fast modeling or to the coarseness of the clayish paste. The thermal alteration of mineral phases points to relatively high firing-temperatures, between 800 and 900°C.
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