A Hein
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 29087 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | A Hein |
| NOMBRES | A |
| APELLIDO | Hein |
| FIRMA | HEIN A |
| AFILIACIONES | National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1129-4820 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 269 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1993 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Machine learning approaches in the evaluation of pXRF data in provenance studies of transport amphorae
Ceramics, which have been manufactured at a specific location from local clayey raw materials following a particular workflow of clay paste processing, are assumed to exhibit a characteristic composition in terms of elemental concentrations, mineralogical compounds and petrographic fabric. The examination of ceramics from different manufacturing sites or regions for example through elemental analysis allows for defining compositional categories a…
Exploring Colour Palette in Pottery from Western Anatolia and East Asia—Colour Schemes to Inspire
In the present case study, the manufacturing technology for glazed pottery was investigated, with particular focus on the great variety of colours and glaze recipes used in Western Anatolia and East Asia and observed in finds from rescue excavation sites in Greece. An assemblage of 40 ceramic fragments dating from the Late Byzantine and Islamic to the Ottoman/Venetian periods was examined for their decoration, surface treatment, and production te…
Exploring chaîne opératoires of Hellenistic ceramic oil lamps from Nea Paphos, Cyprus
This paper presents the reconstruction of the chaîne opératoires of local Hellenistic lamps found at the Agora in Nea Paphos. The study is based on detailed macroscopic observations combined with the results of laboratory analyses. It aims at shedding light on the operational sequences of lamp manufacture, from clay processing, through forming, finishing and surface treatments, to firing. The results indicate that the lamps produced in the Nea Pa…
Neutron activation analysis in Mediterranean Archaeology
This paper, jointly written by participants of a workshop held in 2021, argues for an increased recognition and application of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. Discussing the methodological strengths and challenges, it highlights the great potential NAA has for collecting proxy data from ceramics in order to develop progressive concepts of archaeological research within and beyond the Mediterranea…
Ceramic cooking pots and their thermo‐mechanical performance
Due to the plasticity and moldability of the initial clay paste as well as the advantageous material properties after firing, ceramic vessels have been and are still used for various functions, such as storage, transport or food processing. In the case of cooking pots, thermal properties, such as rigidity at high temperature, thermal shock resistance, heat capacity and thermal conductivity are particularly relevant. The thermo-mechanical performa…
Production Technology of Glazed Pottery in Chalcis, Euboea, during the Middle Byzantine Period
This paper focuses on various categories of glazed pottery, which were in circulation in western Euboea (Greece) during the Middle Byzantine and Late Byzantine periods. The production technology and particularly the surface treatment of Byzantine glazed pottery have been investigated on the basis of 56 ceramic fragments from a rescue excavation in Orionos street in Chalkis, Euboea. This paper focuses on the manufacture of glazed pottery within th…
Portable ED-XRF as a tool for optimizing sampling strategy
Pottery Production in Mycenaean Laconia
This paper deals with the provenance of Mycenaean pottery found in the palace of Ayios Vasileios in Laconia. It focusses on painted and plain fine wares and reports the results of neutron activation analysis (NAA). The analyzed ceramics cover all of the habitation phases of the palace as well as the short, post-palatial use of the site, i. e. LH IIB to LH IIIC Early 1 (ca. 1450–1180 BCE). A large part of these fine ware pots represents a composit…
Ceramic raw materials
An integrated typological, technological and provenance investigation of Late Hellenistic colour-coated pottery from Nea Paphos, Cyprus
Heat transfer properties of post-medieval crucibles
Assessing Hellenistic to nomadic cultural patterns through pottery in ancient Termez, Uzbekistan
We present the archaeological contextualization and the archaeometric characterization of slipped and nonslipped tableware and common wares from Termez in south Uzbekistan. The aims are, first, to evaluate the manufacture of pottery in the city and region (ancient Bactria) after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century B.C. so as to detect Hellenistic Mediterranean influences, and, second, to investigate the evolution in potter…
Pre-Columbian metallurgy – Evidence of pyrotechnical ceramics from Rincón Chico, Northwestern Argentina (Andes)
The provenance and technology of a group of Hellenistic colour-coated ware pottery from the excavations at Nea Paphos on Cyprus
Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies
Combined petrographic and chemical analysis of water containers and glazed wares in the Early Islamic Vega of Granada (southeast Spain, 6th to 12th centuries CE)
The effect of inter- and intra-source variation
Mykenische Keramik in der Rhodopenregion. Herkunft, regionaler Kontext und sozialökonomische Grundlagen
This contribution is dealing with Mycenaean pottery from the settlement sites of Dragoyna in the Rhodopes and Koprivlen in the Mesta Valley. The production regions of that pottery could be established by means of Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA), and we compare the earlier results of Dragoyna with the new ones from Koprivlen. These results give us the opportunity to re-evaluate the development of contacts between the eastern Balkans, the norther…
Pottery in Hellenistic tradition from ancient Bactria
Production Sites of Early Iron Age Greek Bronze Tripod Cauldrons
Bronze tripod cauldrons were one of the most prestigious types of objects in Greece during the Early Iron Age (EIA). Because of its character as an exchange object with a value easy to assess, the tripod became an attribute used in the communication of personal status. Consequently, the distribution of archaeologically recovered tripods can be used to identify hotspots of elitist interaction. Fortunately, quite a lot of the extant tripod fragment…
Tableware in the Hellenistic Tradition from the City of Kampyr Tepe in Ancient Bactria (Uzbekistan)
Slipped and unslipped wares from Kampyr Tepe dated to the Hellenistic–Seleucid and Greco‐Bactrian periods stylistically resemble tableware from the Greek tradition. Since two pottery workshops have been recovered at the site, the aim is to shed light on the provenance and the production and consumption patterns of the tableware, as well as on the degree of technological influence from Hellenistic–Mediterranean traditions. The archaeometric charac…
Crucibles from Palaikastro, East Crete
Ceradat —Prototype of a Web‐based Relational Database for Archaeological Ceramics
The prototype of a relational database for archaeological ceramics is presented. At this stage, the ceraDAT database contains the elemental compositions of several thousand ceramic artefacts from the Eastern Mediterranean, analysed by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at different laboratories. The data have been calibrated on the basis of the analytical routine and can be accessed via a web application. Apart from the elemental compositions, the…
Another (mud)brick in the wall
Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre
Ceramic raw materials
Another (mud)brick in the wall
A Complete Chemical Grouping of the Berkeley Neutron Activation Analysis Data on Mycenaean Pottery
Petrographic and Chemical Characterization of Pottery Production of the Late Minoan I Kiln at Haghia Triada, Crete
Pottery from the Late Minoan I kiln at Haghia Triada in the Mesara Plain, southern Crete, was analysed by a range of techniques, comprising thin‐section petrography, scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray fluorescence and neutron activation analysis. The project characterizes the ceramic fabrics and probable raw materials, correlates paste recipes with shape, reconstructs the firing conditions of the kiln and establishes a chemica…
Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre
An integrated typological, technological and provenance investigation of Late Hellenistic colour-coated pottery from Nea Paphos, Cyprus
The geochemical diversity of neogene clay deposits in Crete and its implications for provenance studies of Minoan pottery
The determination of provenance probably forms the primary role of geochemical analyses in archaeological ceramic studies. In what has comprised a successful field of study, the ultimate basis for such research has been the comparison of pottery compositions with the geochemical diversity displayed by clay deposits within a given study area. Although such studies are now common, the understanding of chemical and mineralogical variability in ceram…
Element Concentration Distributions and Most Discriminating Elements for Provenancing by Neutron Activation Analyses of Ceramics from Bronze Age Sites in Greece
Portable ED-XRF as a tool for optimizing sampling strategy
Chemical and mineralogical examination of metallurgical ceramics from a Late Bronze Age copper smelting site in Cyprus
Assessing Hellenistic to nomadic cultural patterns through pottery in ancient Termez, Uzbekistan
We present the archaeological contextualization and the archaeometric characterization of slipped and nonslipped tableware and common wares from Termez in south Uzbekistan. The aims are, first, to evaluate the manufacture of pottery in the city and region (ancient Bactria) after the conquest of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century B.C. so as to detect Hellenistic Mediterranean influences, and, second, to investigate the evolution in potter…
Crucibles from Palaikastro, East Crete
Mycenaean pottery from the Argolid and Achaia—a mineralogical approach where chemistry leaves unanswered questions
The chemical classification of Mycenaean pottery from the Northern Peloponnese by neutron activation analysis (NAA) resulted in two groups with very similar chemical compositions assigned to production centres in the Argolid and in Achaia, respectively. The statistical separation of these two groups on the basis only of their chemical composition was difficult, and not clear‐cut for all of the examined samples. A complementary mineralogical exami…
Neutron Activation Analysis of Selected Sherds from Prophitis Ilias (Argolid, Greece)
Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies
Pliocene clays from Aegina (Greece)
Normally, the use of clays as reference materials in chemical provenance studies of ancient ceramics is complicated due to the original clay paste processing. The primary mixing and/or refining of raw materials during pottery production makes a straightforward comparison of archaeological ceramics with extant geological materials difficult if not impossible in many cases. However, in the case of Pliocene clays from Aegina (Greece), which were exa…
The provenance and technology of a group of Hellenistic colour-coated ware pottery from the excavations at Nea Paphos on Cyprus
Neutron Activation Patterning of Archaeological Materials at the National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’
A short history of the application of NAA in the characterization of archaeological materials at the National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, is presented. NAA was first applied in archaeology in 1974 at the Radioanalytical Laboratory, and since 1989 has been one of the primary analytical techniques of the ‘Demokritos’ archaeometry programme. A case study is also presented, concerning chemical patterning of the black‐on‐red N…
X‐ray Fluorescence Analysis With Synchrotron Radiation on the Inks and Papers of Incunabula
Non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence analyses induced by white synchrotron radiation (SYXRF) have been performed on a page of the Gutenberg Bible and 21 other different single leaves printed in the years 1470 to 1500. Absolute elemental areal densities for the papers and the inks are reported. The known high Cu and Pb content in Gutenberg's ink is confirmed. The elemental compositions of the other inks, if measurable by XRF at all, are in general v…
Neutron Activation Analysis of Bird Bowls and Related Archaic Ceramics From Miletus
In this paper we present the results of a chemical investigation by neutron activation analysis of sherds of different kinds of bird kotylai, bird bowls and related wares excavated in Kalabaktepe, a hill of the ancient city of Miletus. A new archaeological classification of this well‐known group of Archaic ceramics of eastern Greece is presented. A number of kiln wasters of misfired vessels from Kalabaktepe revealed a characteristic local pattern…
Ceradat —Prototype of a Web‐based Relational Database for Archaeological Ceramics
The prototype of a relational database for archaeological ceramics is presented. At this stage, the ceraDAT database contains the elemental compositions of several thousand ceramic artefacts from the Eastern Mediterranean, analysed by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at different laboratories. The data have been calibrated on the basis of the analytical routine and can be accessed via a web application. Apart from the elemental compositions, the…
Exploring Colour Palette in Pottery from Western Anatolia and East Asia—Colour Schemes to Inspire
In the present case study, the manufacturing technology for glazed pottery was investigated, with particular focus on the great variety of colours and glaze recipes used in Western Anatolia and East Asia and observed in finds from rescue excavation sites in Greece. An assemblage of 40 ceramic fragments dating from the Late Byzantine and Islamic to the Ottoman/Venetian periods was examined for their decoration, surface treatment, and production te…
Neutron activation analysis in Mediterranean Archaeology
This paper, jointly written by participants of a workshop held in 2021, argues for an increased recognition and application of neutron activation analysis (NAA) in the archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean. Discussing the methodological strengths and challenges, it highlights the great potential NAA has for collecting proxy data from ceramics in order to develop progressive concepts of archaeological research within and beyond the Mediterranea…
Heat transfer properties of post-medieval crucibles
The effect of inter- and intra-source variation
Neutron Activation Analysis of Bird Bowls and Related Archaic Ceramics From Miletus
In this paper we present the results of a chemical investigation by neutron activation analysis of sherds of different kinds of bird kotylai, bird bowls and related wares excavated in Kalabaktepe, a hill of the ancient city of Miletus. A new archaeological classification of this well‐known group of Archaic ceramics of eastern Greece is presented. A number of kiln wasters of misfired vessels from Kalabaktepe revealed a characteristic local pattern…
“Porin 31HL” in the Plasmalemma of Human Cells
Neutron Activation Analysis of Selected Sherds from Prophitis Ilias (Argolid, Greece)
X‐ray Fluorescence Analysis With Synchrotron Radiation on the Inks and Papers of Incunabula
Non‐destructive X‐ray fluorescence analyses induced by white synchrotron radiation (SYXRF) have been performed on a page of the Gutenberg Bible and 21 other different single leaves printed in the years 1470 to 1500. Absolute elemental areal densities for the papers and the inks are reported. The known high Cu and Pb content in Gutenberg's ink is confirmed. The elemental compositions of the other inks, if measurable by XRF at all, are in general v…
Element Concentration Distributions and Most Discriminating Elements for Provenancing by Neutron Activation Analyses of Ceramics from Bronze Age Sites in Greece
Standardisation of elemental analytical techniques applied to provenance studies of archaeological ceramics
Chemical analysis is a well-established procedure for the provenancing of archaeological ceramics. Various analytical techniques are routinely used and large amounts of data have been accumulated so far in data banks. However, in order to exchange results obtained by different laboratories, the respective analytical procedures need to be tested in terms of their inter-comparability. In this study, the schemes of analysis used in four laboratories…
A Complete Chemical Grouping of the Berkeley Neutron Activation Analysis Data on Mycenaean Pottery
Mycenaean pottery from the Argolid and Achaia—a mineralogical approach where chemistry leaves unanswered questions
The chemical classification of Mycenaean pottery from the Northern Peloponnese by neutron activation analysis (NAA) resulted in two groups with very similar chemical compositions assigned to production centres in the Argolid and in Achaia, respectively. The statistical separation of these two groups on the basis only of their chemical composition was difficult, and not clear‐cut for all of the examined samples. A complementary mineralogical exami…
Pliocene clays from Aegina (Greece)
Normally, the use of clays as reference materials in chemical provenance studies of ancient ceramics is complicated due to the original clay paste processing. The primary mixing and/or refining of raw materials during pottery production makes a straightforward comparison of archaeological ceramics with extant geological materials difficult if not impossible in many cases. However, in the case of Pliocene clays from Aegina (Greece), which were exa…
The geochemical diversity of neogene clay deposits in Crete and its implications for provenance studies of Minoan pottery
The determination of provenance probably forms the primary role of geochemical analyses in archaeological ceramic studies. In what has comprised a successful field of study, the ultimate basis for such research has been the comparison of pottery compositions with the geochemical diversity displayed by clay deposits within a given study area. Although such studies are now common, the understanding of chemical and mineralogical variability in ceram…
Chemical and mineralogical examination of metallurgical ceramics from a Late Bronze Age copper smelting site in Cyprus
Fine-grain TL dating of archaeometallurgical furnace walls
Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre
Petrographic and Chemical Characterization of Pottery Production of the Late Minoan I Kiln at Haghia Triada, Crete
Pottery from the Late Minoan I kiln at Haghia Triada in the Mesara Plain, southern Crete, was analysed by a range of techniques, comprising thin‐section petrography, scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, X‐ray fluorescence and neutron activation analysis. The project characterizes the ceramic fabrics and probable raw materials, correlates paste recipes with shape, reconstructs the firing conditions of the kiln and establishes a chemica…
Neutron Activation Patterning of Archaeological Materials at the National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’
A short history of the application of NAA in the characterization of archaeological materials at the National Center for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, is presented. NAA was first applied in archaeology in 1974 at the Radioanalytical Laboratory, and since 1989 has been one of the primary analytical techniques of the ‘Demokritos’ archaeometry programme. A case study is also presented, concerning chemical patterning of the black‐on‐red N…
Another (mud)brick in the wall
Crucibles from Palaikastro, East Crete
Ceradat —Prototype of a Web‐based Relational Database for Archaeological Ceramics
The prototype of a relational database for archaeological ceramics is presented. At this stage, the ceraDAT database contains the elemental compositions of several thousand ceramic artefacts from the Eastern Mediterranean, analysed by neutron activation analysis (NAA) at different laboratories. The data have been calibrated on the basis of the analytical routine and can be accessed via a web application. Apart from the elemental compositions, the…
Pottery in Hellenistic tradition from ancient Bactria
Production Sites of Early Iron Age Greek Bronze Tripod Cauldrons
Bronze tripod cauldrons were one of the most prestigious types of objects in Greece during the Early Iron Age (EIA). Because of its character as an exchange object with a value easy to assess, the tripod became an attribute used in the communication of personal status. Consequently, the distribution of archaeologically recovered tripods can be used to identify hotspots of elitist interaction. Fortunately, quite a lot of the extant tripod fragment…
Tableware in the Hellenistic Tradition from the City of Kampyr Tepe in Ancient Bactria (Uzbekistan)
Slipped and unslipped wares from Kampyr Tepe dated to the Hellenistic–Seleucid and Greco‐Bactrian periods stylistically resemble tableware from the Greek tradition. Since two pottery workshops have been recovered at the site, the aim is to shed light on the provenance and the production and consumption patterns of the tableware, as well as on the degree of technological influence from Hellenistic–Mediterranean traditions. The archaeometric charac…
Pre-Columbian metallurgy – Evidence of pyrotechnical ceramics from Rincón Chico, Northwestern Argentina (Andes)
The provenance and technology of a group of Hellenistic colour-coated ware pottery from the excavations at Nea Paphos on Cyprus
Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies
Combined petrographic and chemical analysis of water containers and glazed wares in the Early Islamic Vega of Granada (southeast Spain, 6th to 12th centuries CE)
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