Synchrotron micro-XRD applied for the characterization of pottery from the Neolithic to Chalcolithic transitional period: a case study from Tappeh Zaghe, Iran
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hassan Talaee; Mohammadamin Emami; A. S. H. Rozatian; Rémy Chapoulie; Oriol Vallcorba; Manijeh Hadian Dehkordi
- Source
- The European Physical Journal Plus. 136
- Subject
- Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Metallurgy
General Physics and Astronomy
Sintering
020101 civil engineering
02 engineering and technology
Chalcolithic
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
0201 civil engineering
Petrography
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
Carbonate
Ceramic
Pottery
0210 nano-technology
Environmental scanning electron microscope
Powder diffraction
Geology
- Language
- ISSN
- 2190-5444
The production of pottery represented a significant pyro-technological progress in the ancient world. Two types of characteristics pottery from the transitional period (Neolithic to Chalcolithic) found at the Tappeh Zaghe in northern Iran were analyzed in order to investigate newly formed phases produced during the firing stage of pottery. This might have been a sign of technological evaluation through transitional period. Petrographic analysis, coupled with multi-image analysis, X-ray powder diffraction and environmental scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-rays (ESEM-EDX) provided information on the compassion and microstructure of ceramic samples. Synchrotron micro-XRD beamline allowed the spatial mapping of crystalline phases from near surface (at the surface) into the matrix of potteries and the detection of minute, major and minor phases. The mineralogical interaction between various primary phases and decomposition regard carbonate reaction within the potteries fabrication in the as-received. New phases were followed across the wall thickness which were achieved by sintering (partial or total) and show a clear transition from outer side to the core of the pottery.