Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry: National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003

Facorellis, Yorgos; Zacharias, Nikos; Polikreti, Kiki

doi:doi:10.30861/9781407301884

Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry: National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003

Yorgos Facorellis, Nikos Zacharias and Kiki Polikreti

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The 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry was held at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens, from May 28 to 31, 2003. The 86 selected contributions presented in this volume, cover a wide spectrum of topics from novel methods in Archaeometry to applications of traditional techniques to various kinds of archaeological material. The thematic sessions of the Symposium included: Dating – Authenticity, Geophysical Prospection, Geoarchaeology, Palaeoenvironment – Palaeodiet, Palaeoanthropology, Material Characterisation Techniques, Ceramics, Glass, Stones, Mortars, Metals, Painting Media, Organics and Conservation.

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DATING AUTHENTICITY
INDIVIDUAL AGE ESTIMATION BASED ON THE D-ASPARTIC AND D-GLUTAMIC ACIDOF TEETH
NEW PROSPECTS IN OBSIDIAN HYDRATION DATING: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH
LUMINESCENCE DATING BEYOND POTTERY: A REVIEW
HUNTING OUT FORGERS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MARBLE OBJECTS: REVIEWING THE ARCHAEOMETRIST’S ROLE AS A DETECTIVE
ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY DATING OF EPICURUS “DE NATURA” PAPYRUS FROM HERCULANEUM
A SINGLE ALIQUOT POLYMINERAL TL PROTOCOL APPLIED FOR FIRED MATERIALS
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON THE DETERMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION DOSES
ALTERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTTERY AND THE EFFECT ON TL DATING
GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTION
THE CANAL OF XERXES IN NORTHERN GREECE: FACT OR FICTION? RECENT GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PREHISTORIC SHORELINES IN DOKOS ISLAND, AEGEAN SEA, USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES
IDENTIFYING BURNED MUD BRICK BUILDINGS USING FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETRY
APPLICATION OF NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICAL TOOLS AND GIS FOR MAPPING THE ANCIENT CITY OF LEFKAS
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AT SYNTAGMA SQUARE, ATHENS – RELATIONSHIP TO GEOLOGY AND ANCIENT TEXTS
INTEGRATED GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES AT ANCIENT ITANOS (GREECE)
THE GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH AT THE CHURCH OF ST. THEODORA AT VASTA MEGALOPOLIS, GREECE
ΙNVESTIGATION OF A MONUMENTAL MACEDONIAN TUMULUS BY THREE DIMENSIONAL SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY
GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN PELASGIA & ANDRON
USE OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS METHODS IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF COASTAL PALAEOGEOGRAPHY OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT
PROSPECTING OF THE CITY WALL AT THE ASEA PREHISTORIC SITE (GREECE) USING GEOELECTRIC AND GPR TECHNIQUES
THE MOST FAMOUS ERUPTION OF THE THERA VOLCANO: A REVIEW OF MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS OF STUDIES
BETWEEN PEAK AND PALACE. REINTERPRETATION OF THE MINOAN CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN SPACE AND TIME
GEOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE STRATIGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE PALAEOLITHIC SEDIMENTS AT THE LAKONIS BEACH, GYTHION, GREECE
TROY – GEOMORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN THE VALLEY OF THE RIVER SCAMANDER
GEOARCHAEOLOGY
COOKING INGREDIENTS FROM BRONZE AGE ARCHONDIKO: THE ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE
SEASONALITY AND RADIOLOGY: A PILOT APPLICATION ON RED DEER (CERVUS ELAPHUS) DENTARIES FROM THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC CAVE OF KASTRITSA, NW GREECE
FROM SEA TO LAND: THE EXPLOITATION OF MOLLUSCS IN THE GEOMETRIC ARTISAN SITE OF SKALA OROPOU, ATTICA
ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BONES AND DIET RECONSTRUCTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THRACIA (BULGARIA) IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD
IN SEARCH OF MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS IN 3000 YEAR OLD BURIALS IN NORTHERN GREECE
ANCIENT DNA EXTRACTION AND AMPLIFICATION OF HUMAN BONE SAMPLES FROM THE AREA OF DELPHI: A PILOT CASE STUDY
PYGMIES, SCIAPODES, MACROCEPHALI, ARGIPPEANS: MYTHICAL OR EXISTENT TRIBES?
CERAMICS AND GLASS
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FABRIC DIVERSITY IN NEOLITHIC KNOSSOS CERAMICS
EARLY HELLADIC II POTTERY FROM THEBES: AN INTEGRATED TYPOLOGICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND PROVENANCE STUDY
REGIONAL PRODUCTION CENTERS OF IRON AGE POTTERY WARES IN PHILISTIA: APROVENANCE STUDY EMPLOYING INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA (ICP-AES AND ICP-MS)
NON-DESTRUCTIVE QUANTITATIVE XRF ANALYSIS ON GREEK ARCHAIC POTTERY OF THE ALAIMO SANCTUARY IN LENTINI (SICILY)
ON THE ORIGIN OF STAMPED AMPHORAE FROM THRACIAN CITIES IN BULGARIA
MINOAN AND MYCENAEAN METALLURGICAL CERAMICS: ANALYSIS ON CRUCIBLES AND MOULD FROM KOMMOS, SOUTH CRETE
THIN SECTIONING NEOLITHIC IDENTITIES: THE RED MONOCHROME WARE (A1) FROM MIDDLE NEOLITHIC SESKLO, THESSALY
IMPORTED AND LOCAL POTTERY IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SITES DURING THE EARLY BYZANTINE PERIOD: THE CASE OF ELEUTHERNA, CRETE
NEW EVIDENCE FOR AMPHORA PRODUCTION IN EAST CRETE IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD. AN INTEGRATED APPROACH OF TYPOLOGY AND THIN SECTION PETROGRAPHY
UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGY OF LARGE STORAGE JARS: RAW MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES IN HELLENISTIC AND MODERN MESSENIA
THE STUDY OF BRICKS OF ROMAN MONUMENTS
MEDIEVAL GLASS BRACELETS FROM SOUTH EAST BULGARIA
A NATRON SOURCE FOR GLASS MAKING IN GREECE? PRELIMINARY RESULTS
COMPOSITION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF DECORATIVE ENAMELS INCLUDED IN ROMAN FIBULAE FOUND IN BULGARIA
STONES AND MORTARS
THE MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF MASONRY STONES AND MORTAR FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE IN JERUSALEM
EXCHANGE NETWORKS IN THE NEOLITHIC OF GREECE: GABBRO AND TALC OBJECTS FROM DRAKAINA CAVE, KEPHALONIA ISLAND, WESTERN GREECE
RAW MATERIAL PROCUREMENT IN THE MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC OF THESSALY: SOURCING STUDIES
ASSESSMENT OF AEGEAN OBSIDIAN SOURCES BY A PORTABLE ED-XRF ANALYSER: GROUPING, PROVENANCE AND ACCURACY
PGAA ANALYSIS OF SZELETIAN FELSITIC PORPHYRY – NON-DESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF AN IMPORTANT HUNGARIAN PALAEOLITHIC RAW MATERIAL
QUANTITATIVE FABRIC ANALYSIS (QFA) ON MARBLE FROM WEST ANATOLIA: APPLICATION OF RASTER- (FRACTAL) AND VECTOR-BASED (GEOMETRIC) APPROACHES
BRONZE AGE PAINTED PLASTER FROM THE GREEK MAINLAND: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ITS TECHNOLOGY BY MEANS OF XRD ANALYSIS AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES
CLASSIFICATION OF HISTORICAL MORTARS BY PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS, BASED ON THEIR PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
TECHNOLOGY OF MORTARS USED FOR THE SUBSTRATUM OF MOSAICS
METALS
ANALYSIS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL OBJECTS WITH LM[NT], A NEW TRANSPORTABLE LIBS INSTRUMENT
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ATHENIAN COINAGE BY PIXE
METAL ARTEFACTS FROM EARLY BRONZE AGE POLIOCHNI ON LEMNOS: ARCHAEOMETRIC ANALYSIS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR THE STUDY OF ANCIENT GREEK TECHNOLOGY: IRON AND ARCHAEOLOGY IN AEGEAN THRACE
THE TRÉSTINA BRONZES: ARCHAEOMETRY AND ARCHAEOLOGY
NON DESTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE AG DISTRIBUTION IN THE LATE ROMAN FOLLES FROM ABOUT 300 TO 310 AD.
METALLURGICAL STUDY OF THREE BRONZE RAMS FROM WARSHIPS, DATING BACK TO CLASSICAL, HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN TIMES
A FIRST VALUATION OF THE EXCAVATION OF ANCIENT WASHERIES AT BERTSEKO LAUREOTIKA
THE LAURION SHAFTS OF ANTIQUITY: FIRST INVESTIGATIONS AND THE PROBLEMS OF VENTILATION. DEVELOPMENT OF A PHYSICAL MODEL.
COMPLEX BEAUTY: THE MANUFACTURE OF HELLENISTIC WREATHS
INVESTIGATING THE PRESENCE AND EFFECTS OF ARSENIC IN TWO BLOOMERY IRON CLOTS (2ND – 3RD C. AD) FROM KERELIAI, LITHUANIA
A TENTATIVE COMPARISON OF STEEL-MAKING CRUCIBLES FROM CENTRAL ASIA AND THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
THE STUDY OF ANCIENT COPPER SLAGS FROM SERIFOS
ARCHAEOMETALLURGICAL RESEARCHES IN THE OTHRIS MOUNTAINS, GREECE
NEW EVIDENCE OΝ THE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ROMAN COINS (260 – 350 AD)
PAINTING MEDIA
A CASE STUDY OF PURPLE ADULTERATION IN HELLENISTIC TEXTILES
THE USE OF RED AND YELLOW OCHRES AS PAINTING MATERIALS IN ANCIENT MACEDONIA
THE DECORATION OF THE RHODIAN WHITE-GROUND HADRA HYDRIAE: AN INITIAL APPROACH
IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEINACEOUS BINDING MEDIA FROM POST-BYZANTINE MURAL PAINTINGS WITH CHROMATOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
BIODEGRADATION OF ART OBJECTS: IMPACT ON ANIMAL GLUE IDENTIFICATION
SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY: A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF VARNISH FILMS ON PAINTINGS
ΤYPICAL APPLICATION OF PETROGRAPHICAL STUDY FOR THE SUPPORT OF CONSERVATION PROJECTS IN ΜΑNSIONS AT CHIOS AND INOUSSES
THE ARTISTIC TRAITS OF GYZIS: A FIRST DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO HIS PAINTINGS
ORGANICS
ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND THE STATE OF FOSSILIZATION OF SKELETAL REMAINS FROM THE SITE OF PIKERMI (ATTICA, GREECE)
ORGANIC RESIDUES FROM THE LATE NEOLITHIC MAKRIYALOS COOKING POTS
DEVELOPMENT OF FAST DERIVATISATION PROCEDURES FOR THE CHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF ORGANIC RESIDUES IN EARLY BYZANTINE TRANSPORT CONTAINERS FROM EPHESOS/TURKEY
CONSERVATION
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DEGRADATION PATTERNS OF PETRIFIED MATERIAL FROM GREEK FOSSILIZED FORESTS
STUDY OF THREE CONSOLIDANTS USED IN SUB - FOSSILIZED BONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPOSED IN SITU (IN OUTDOOR CONDITIONS)
ANALYSIS OF THE ORANGE-BROWN PATINA ON MARBLE SURFACES FROM THE OLYMPIEION IN COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR PATINA FROM THE PROPYLAEA, ACROPOLIS
INVESTIGATION OF MICROCRACKS IN MARBLE FROM MT. PENTELI BY DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY
THE BUST OF LENIN BY MEMOS MAKRIS: FORMS OF CORROSION AND CONSERVATION WORK
TEMPORARY WOODEN BOSSES: NEW REMARKS ON LIFTING DEVICES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
THE STRUCTURES OF V-IV CENTURY B.C. OF THE NISYROS AND PYRGOUSA ISLANDS (DODECANESE):BUILDING TECHNIQUES, NATURE AND SOURCE LAND

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Proceedings of the 4th Symposium of the Hellenic Society for Archaeometry: National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens 28-31 May 2003

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