Description and Classification of Tempering Materials Present in Pottery Using Digital X-Radiography
Archaeological pottery X-radiography is mainly used for two applications: fabric characterization and identification of forming techniques. Both applications require imaging of tempering materials and other additives. With digital X-radiography, it is easy to enhance the image to compute and charact...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-10-01
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| Series: | NDT |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2813-477X/2/4/28 |
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| Summary: | Archaeological pottery X-radiography is mainly used for two applications: fabric characterization and identification of forming techniques. Both applications require imaging of tempering materials and other additives. With digital X-radiography, it is easy to enhance the image to compute and characterize these materials. In this study, a combination of ImageJ plug-ins such as “threshold”, “analyze particles”, and “fit polynomial” were used to describe tempering materials of a set composed of archaeological pottery sherds. It was found that two different types of tempering materials were used. The first type was characterized by a grain size of less than 0.5 mm and no well-formed particles. In contrast, the second group had a grain size larger than 0.5 mm and well-formed particles. |
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| ISSN: | 2813-477X |