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Fifth Century Bc (fifth + century_bc)

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Selected Abstracts

CHARACTERIZATION OF CORAL RED SLIPS ON GREEK ATTIC POTTERY,

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 3 2009
M. S. WALTON
Samples of red and black gloss from Greek Attic pottery of the late sixth to fifth centuries bc were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM and FIB/STEM). The focus of the study was the chemical and microstructural characterization of the red gloss that was first produced during this period. Two groupings of red gloss were revealed. One red was found to be compositionally similar to the black glosses (labelled ,LCM coral red'). The other red showed more significant chemical differences, such as higher calcium and magnesium, in comparison to the black (labelled ,HCM coral red'). The existence of two chemically distinct reds,otherwise identical in colour and texture,suggests that there was more than one source of clay available to the Attic potters for producing red. [source]

NEW APPROACHES ON THE ARCHAIC TRADE IN THE NORTH-EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA: EXPLOITATION AND CIRCULATION OF LEAD AND SILVER

OXFORD JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGY, Issue 2 2010
NÚRIA RAFEL
Summary A wide-ranging study based on compositional and isotopic analyses of minerals and manufactured objects from the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula and their respective archaeological and cultural contexts demonstrates significant lead mineral exploitation in the El Priorat area (Tarragona province) linked to Phoenician trade (seventh,sixth centuries BC). This exploitation continued, despite losing intensity, until the Romanization of the territory. Our project also aims to determine the nature and origin of the lead and silver supply in the northern Iberian territory surrounding the Phocaean enclave of Emporion, especially with regard to the demands of the colonial mint. The behaviour pattern of the circulation of lead, silver and copper in Catalonia in the period studied indicates a plurality of contemporary supply sources, although, at least from the fifth century BC onward, minerals and metals from the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula take on considerable importance. [source]

NEW EVIDENCE FOR APULIAN RED-FIGURE PRODUCTION CENTRES

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 5 2010
J. THORN
A total of 52 South Italian red-figure vases were subjected to neutron activation analysis. The primary aim of the study was to determine whether all Apulian red-figure pottery datable to the period c. 430,340 bc was produced at the Greek colony of Taras, as has been widely assumed. Three chemically distinct compositional groups were isolated and compared to archaeological reference material from Taranto. The results of this comparison suggest that some Early Apulian red-figure pottery may have been produced outside of Taras from the fifth century bc onwards. [source]

ANALYSIS OF FIRST MILLENNIUM bc GLASS VESSELS AND BEADS FROM THE PICHVNARI NECROPOLIS, GEORGIA*

ARCHAEOMETRY, Issue 6 2009
A. J. SHORTLAND
The Pichvnari necropolis on the Black Sea coast of Georgia lies in an area known in the late first millennium as ,Colchis', on part of the trade route leading to the Orient. The burials of the necropolis date to the late fifth century bc and frequently contain grave goods, including extremely well-preserved polychrome glass beads and core-formed vessels. This paper presents a study of these vessels both stylistically and archaeologically and using SEM,WDS and LA,ICPMS. It reveals that the vessels have compositional differences that may point to multiple manufacturing sites. One of the vessels appears stylistically unique and may exhibit one of the earliest uses of manganese as a decolorizer. Major and minor element data for the vessels suggest that they may belong to the same ,Levantine' group as many Roman glass objects, suggesting that a source of sand on the coast of the Levant could have been used in their production. The beads clearly show glass with both natron- and plant ash-based flux with distinct rare earth compositions, showing multiple sites of production, some of which were probably either in the Middle East or the Indian subcontinent. [source]