Pages: 207-228 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.55086/sp236209230
The paper presents the results of studying of the Thasian amphorae fabrics of the second quarter of the 5th — end of the 4th century BC, whose belonging to the island’s products was established on the basis of morphological features of vessels and, in some cases, due to the presence of stamps. A complex approach was used to study amphorae fragments, including the methods of integral (X-ray phase analysis, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry) and local (electron microscopy) characterization of the structure and composition. The proven set of methods made it possible to obtain reliable data on the mineral (phase), basic and trace chemical composition of the samples, as well as to study the composition of the fabric base of the samples ceramic body, excluding the influence of mineral impurities and leaners. The analysis of the experimental results allowed to group the objects into separate groups in accordance with the features of the mineralogical and elemental composition. Based on the comparison of the characteristics of these groups with geological and archaeological information about the island of Thasos, the authors advance a hypothesis with a clarification of the origin of Thasos amphorae, namely, their manufacturing in workshops on the eastern and southern coasts of the island.
Keywords: Thasos, amphorae, antiquity, XRD, ICP-MS, mineral and trace composition
Information about authors:
Elena Tereschenko (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate in Physics and Mathematics. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”. Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation; Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences. Leninsky pr., 59, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-5035-6978
Alexander Antipin (Moscow, Russian Federation). Candidate in Physics and Mathematics. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”. Leninsky pr., 59, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation Federation
E-mail: [email protected]ORCID: 0000-0001-8076-557X
Vladimir Kvartalov (Moscow, Russian Federation). Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences. Leninsky pr., 59, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-5774-9480
Anastasia Mandrykina (Moscow, Russian Federation). National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”. Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, Moscow, 123098, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0003-1177-846X
Sergei Monachov (Saratov, Russian Federation). Doctor of Historical Sciences. N. G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University. Astrakhanskaya St., 83, Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0001-8098-828X
Elena Kuznetsova (Saratov, Russian Federation). Candidate of Historical Sciences. N. G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University. Astrakhanskaya St., 83, Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-1461-2070
Olga Alekseeva (Moscow, Russian Federation). Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Federal Research Center “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences. Leninsky pr., 59, Moscow, 119333, Russian Federation
E-mail: [email protected]
ORCID: 0000-0002-7230-3110