Vassilis Kilikoglou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 105276 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Vassilis Kilikoglou |
| PRENOMES | Vassilis |
| SOBRENOME | Kilikoglou |
| ASSINATURA | KILIKOGLOU V |
| AFILIAÇÕES | National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0619-2931 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 53 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 539 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 53 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1988 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 13 |
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…
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…
The leaching mechanism of hydraulic mortars as part of autogenic self-healing process
Morphological characterization of water-based nanolime dispersions
High‐temperature performance of two‐layered ceramics and the implications for Roman crucibles
Roman metalworking crucibles are frequently characterized by an extra outer layer of clay, applied to a pre‐formed vessel. Three‐point bending and standardized dead‐weight loading tests were conducted to determine the advantages offered by the extra outer layer. Deformation and fracture behaviour, at temperatures up to 1100°C, of two‐layer, monolithic and tempered‐monolithic briquettes were compared. Measurements indicated that the two‐layer briq…
Ceramic raw materials
Heat transfer properties of post-medieval crucibles
Technological and microstructural characterization of mortars and plasters from the Roman site of Qasr Azraq, in Jordan
Pre-Columbian metallurgy – Evidence of pyrotechnical ceramics from Rincón Chico, Northwestern Argentina (Andes)
Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies
The effect of inter- and intra-source variation
Reconstructing change in firing technology during the Final Neolithic–Early Bronze Age transition in Phaistos, Crete. Just the tip of the iceberg
Changes in firing practice have been suggested as representing a revolution in ceramic technology at the beginning of the Bronze Age in Crete. The introduction of kiln structures has been held responsible for such a change, perhaps by newcomers to the island, along with other innovative technologies. However, these hypotheses were often based on limited analytical data and mostly on macroscopic examination. This paper re-examines the suggestion o…
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 production at two neighbouring centres in the Late Bronze Age Saronic Gulf
United in our differences
Impact resistance of archaeological ceramics
Handheld Portable X ‐Ray Fluorescence of A egean Obsidians
We tested two portable XRF instruments (with different technologies) using two correction schemes (‘soils’ and ‘mining’) with both factory‐set calibrations and linear regression calibrations derived from published data. All four A egean obsidian sources, including S ta N ychia and D hemenegaki on M elos, were distinguished in each case. The newer instrument provided better ‘off‐the‐shelf’ accuracy than the older instrument, but calibrations negat…
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…
A World of Goods
The harbor site of Kommos, Crete, has yielded rich evidence for longdistance exchange in the form of ceramic transport jars of types used not only for distribution within Crete and the Aegean, but also across the eastern Mediterranean. An integrated petrographic and chemical approach is here employed in order to determine the provenance of short-necked amphoras, transport stirrup jars, Egyptian jars, and Canaanite jars. The results reveal a detai…
Keeping an eye on your pots
On Statistical Approaches to the Study of Ceramic Artefacts Using Geochemical and Petrographic Data
The scientific analysis of ceramics often has the aim of identifying groups of similar artefacts. Much published work focuses on analysis of data derived from geochemical or mineralogical techniques. The former is more likely to be subjected to quantitative statistical analysis. This paper examines some approaches to the statistical analysis of data arising from both kinds of techniques, including ‘mixed‐mode’ methods where both types of data are…
From Reactor to Royalty? Aegean and Anatolian Obsidians from Quartier Mu, Malia (Crete)
This paper details the sourcing by neutron activation analysis of 60 obsidian artifacts from Quartier Mu, an important Middle Bronze Age complex at Malia, central Crete. Four sources are represented—three Aegean (Sta Nychia and Dhemenegaki on Melos, plus Giali), and one central Anatolian (East Göllü Dag?), an unusually wide array in an Aegean Bronze Age context, and one that reflects the community’s varied craft-working activities and overseas co…
Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre
Strength, Toughness and Thermal Shock Resistance of Ancient Ceramics, and Their Influence On Technological Choice
The basic underlying theory for the strength, toughness and thermal shock resistance of brittle multiphase clay ceramics, together with the measurement procedures to determine these parameters, are first outlined. Published experimental data obtained for test bars containing different types of temper and fired to a range of temperatures are then compared both with theoretical predictions and between themselves. The results confirm that to produce…
Ceramic raw materials
Group Therapy in Crete
Chemical and Mineralogical Alteration of Ceramics from A Late Bronze Age Kiln At Kommos, Crete
The formation of reference groups comprises an important procedure in chemical provenance studies of archaeological pottery. Material from ancient kilns is thought to be especially suitable for reference groups, as it comprises a definite unit of past production. Pottery from the Late Minoan IA kiln excavated at Kommos, Crete was analysed in order to produce a reference group in this important area of Minoan ceramic production. The samples were c…
Mechanical Performance of Quartz‐tempered Ceramics
The effect of quartz temper on the physical and mechanical properties of clay ceramics and the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for these effects are presented here. Characteristics studied included bulk density, open and closed porosity, density of impervious portion and fracture morphology. Mechanical behaviour was studied by measuring energy dissipation during fracture, Young's modulus, initial fracture toughness a…
A World of Goods
The harbor site of Kommos, Crete, has yielded rich evidence for longdistance exchange in the form of ceramic transport jars of types used not only for distribution within Crete and the Aegean, but also across the eastern Mediterranean. An integrated petrographic and chemical approach is here employed in order to determine the provenance of short-necked amphoras, transport stirrup jars, Egyptian jars, and Canaanite jars. The results reveal a detai…
The Effect of Purification and Firing of Clays on Trace Element Provenance Studies
The effect of purifying, mixing and firing of clays on trace element concentration was systematically investigated using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Eight different clays from two sites in Crete were used together with sherds found around several kilns near the sites. Trace element analysis showed that the extent to which the concentration changes after purification and firing depends on the initial particle size and chemistry of th…
Keeping an eye on your pots
Chemical Variability in Clays and Pottery from a Traditional Cooking Pot Production Village
This paper explores analytically the contemporary pottery‐making community of Pereruela (north‐west Spain) that produces cooking pots from a mixture of red clay and kaolin. Analyses by different techniques (XRF, NAA, XRD, SEM and petrography) showed an extremely high variability for cooking ware pottery produced in a single production centre, by the same technology and using local clays. The main source of chemical variation is related to the use…
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…
Carpathian Obsidian in Macedonia, Greece
From Reactor to Royalty? Aegean and Anatolian Obsidians from Quartier Mu, Malia (Crete)
This paper details the sourcing by neutron activation analysis of 60 obsidian artifacts from Quartier Mu, an important Middle Bronze Age complex at Malia, central Crete. Four sources are represented—three Aegean (Sta Nychia and Dhemenegaki on Melos, plus Giali), and one central Anatolian (East Göllü Dag?), an unusually wide array in an Aegean Bronze Age context, and one that reflects the community’s varied craft-working activities and overseas co…
Reconstructing change in firing technology during the Final Neolithic–Early Bronze Age transition in Phaistos, Crete. Just the tip of the iceberg
Changes in firing practice have been suggested as representing a revolution in ceramic technology at the beginning of the Bronze Age in Crete. The introduction of kiln structures has been held responsible for such a change, perhaps by newcomers to the island, along with other innovative technologies. However, these hypotheses were often based on limited analytical data and mostly on macroscopic examination. This paper re-examines the suggestion o…
Koan amphorae from Halasarna – investigations in a Hellenistic amphora production centre
Goddesses, Snake Tubes, and Plaques
Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Volume 75, Number 2, April-June 2006
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…
Technology Transfer at the Periphery of the Mycenaean World
The study of technology transfer in pottery production to the periphery of the Mycenaean world has been addressed by considering two different areas, southern Italy and central Macedonia. Technological features such as ceramic paste, decoration and firing have been determined for different ceramic groups established according to provenance criteria. The studies of technology and provenance have been performed following an archaeometric approach, …
Roman Glass‐making at Coppergate, York? Analytical Evidence for the Nature of Production
Ceramic vessels and associated vitreous debris, excavated at Coppergate, York, UK, have been interpreted as the remains of Roman glass‐making from the raw materials. This paper reports the results of analysis of this assemblage by XRF, ICPS, XRD, SEM– EDAX and thin‐section petrography. These findings suggest that some ceramic vessels, used as crucibles, have been subjected to temperatures up to 1200°C, well above the firing temperatures of the lo…
A new protocol for the chemical characterisation of steatite – two case studies in Europe
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
On Statistical Approaches to the Study of Ceramic Artefacts Using Geochemical and Petrographic Data
The scientific analysis of ceramics often has the aim of identifying groups of similar artefacts. Much published work focuses on analysis of data derived from geochemical or mineralogical techniques. The former is more likely to be subjected to quantitative statistical analysis. This paper examines some approaches to the statistical analysis of data arising from both kinds of techniques, including ‘mixed‐mode’ methods where both types of data are…
Failure Prediction and Function Determination of Archaeological Pottery by Finite Element Analysis
Compositional variability of archaeological ceramics in the eastern Mediterranean and implications for the design of provenance studies
Implications of burial alterations on luminescence dating of archaeological ceramics
The Effect of Purification and Firing of Clays on Trace Element Provenance Studies
The effect of purifying, mixing and firing of clays on trace element concentration was systematically investigated using instrumental neutron activation analysis. Eight different clays from two sites in Crete were used together with sherds found around several kilns near the sites. Trace element analysis showed that the extent to which the concentration changes after purification and firing depends on the initial particle size and chemistry of th…
Carpathian Obsidian in Macedonia, Greece
Neutron activation analysis of pottery from the Early Orientalizing kiln at Knossos
Seventeen pottery sherds from the seventh century BC pottery kiln uncovered at Knossos in 1993 were analysed by neutron activation at N.C.S.R. Demokritos. Fifteen of the seventeen sherds form an extremely homogeneous chemical group whose composition parallels Late Minoan I and Classical/Hellenistic pottery from Knossos. The two chemically different samples are also physically different, being much coarser and more severely burned
Mechanical Performance of Quartz‐tempered Ceramics
The effect of quartz temper on the physical and mechanical properties of clay ceramics and the elucidation of the underlying mechanisms that are responsible for these effects are presented here. Characteristics studied included bulk density, open and closed porosity, density of impervious portion and fracture morphology. Mechanical behaviour was studied by measuring energy dissipation during fracture, Young's modulus, initial fracture toughness a…
Mechanical Performance of Quartz‐tempered Ceramics
Mechanical performance of ceramics can be measured by various techniques. Conventional testing usually requires multiple samples of large size and specific geometries and for this reason cannot be usually applied directly to ancient pottery. However, Hertzian strength and wear resistance can be measured on the same specimen, of small size, and it is shown that these tests can describe, to a good approximation, the basic ceramic mechanical propert…
Group Therapy in Crete
Analysis of Ceramics from the Kiln
Conclusion
Strength, Toughness and Thermal Shock Resistance of Ancient Ceramics, and Their Influence On Technological Choice
The basic underlying theory for the strength, toughness and thermal shock resistance of brittle multiphase clay ceramics, together with the measurement procedures to determine these parameters, are first outlined. Published experimental data obtained for test bars containing different types of temper and fired to a range of temperatures are then compared both with theoretical predictions and between themselves. The results confirm that to produce…
Chemical and Mineralogical Alteration of Ceramics from A Late Bronze Age Kiln At Kommos, Crete
The formation of reference groups comprises an important procedure in chemical provenance studies of archaeological pottery. Material from ancient kilns is thought to be especially suitable for reference groups, as it comprises a definite unit of past production. Pottery from the Late Minoan IA kiln excavated at Kommos, Crete was analysed in order to produce a reference group in this important area of Minoan ceramic production. The samples were c…
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…
Failure Prediction and Function Determination of Archaeological Pottery by Finite Element Analysis
La production des poteries néolithiques à décor peint « noir sur rouge » en Grèce du Nord
Kilikoglou Vassilis, Malamidou Dimitra, Tsirtsoni Zoï, Tsolakidou Alexandra, Yiouni Paraskevi. La production des poteries néolithiques à décor peint « noir sur rouge » en Grèce du Nord. In: Bulletin de correspondance hellénique. Volume 126, livraison 2, 2002. pp. 547-549
Chemical Variability in Clays and Pottery from a Traditional Cooking Pot Production Village
This paper explores analytically the contemporary pottery‐making community of Pereruela (north‐west Spain) that produces cooking pots from a mixture of red clay and kaolin. Analyses by different techniques (XRF, NAA, XRD, SEM and petrography) showed an extremely high variability for cooking ware pottery produced in a single production centre, by the same technology and using local clays. The main source of chemical variation is related to the use…
Roman Glass‐making at Coppergate, York? Analytical Evidence for the Nature of Production
Ceramic vessels and associated vitreous debris, excavated at Coppergate, York, UK, have been interpreted as the remains of Roman glass‐making from the raw materials. This paper reports the results of analysis of this assemblage by XRF, ICPS, XRD, SEM– EDAX and thin‐section petrography. These findings suggest that some ceramic vessels, used as crucibles, have been subjected to temperatures up to 1200°C, well above the firing temperatures of the lo…
Technology Transfer at the Periphery of the Mycenaean World
The study of technology transfer in pottery production to the periphery of the Mycenaean world has been addressed by considering two different areas, southern Italy and central Macedonia. Technological features such as ceramic paste, decoration and firing have been determined for different ceramic groups established according to provenance criteria. The studies of technology and provenance have been performed following an archaeometric approach, …
Implications of burial alterations on luminescence dating of archaeological ceramics
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…
The circulation and consumption of Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware
Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware is one of the most recognisable classes of pottery from the Late Bronze Age of the east Mediterranean. Yet both its production source and the nature of its contents and use remain a source of some debate. These questions are tackled here through an intensive programme of scientific analysis involving 95 samples of Red Lustrous Wheelmade ware and related wares from seven sites in Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt. Petrography an…
Middle and Late Iron Age painted ceramics from Kinet Höyük
This article presents the results of scientific analyses on a selection of sherds associated with two kilns from the site of Kinet Höyük (Hatay). The kilns are dated to the eighth century BC and the end of the seventh century BC. In between these two periods, archaeological evidence suggests a period of occupation by the Neo-Assyrians. The present study assesses the impact of this occupation on the pottery industry at the site using a combined ap…
From Reactor to Royalty? Aegean and Anatolian Obsidians from Quartier Mu, Malia (Crete)
This paper details the sourcing by neutron activation analysis of 60 obsidian artifacts from Quartier Mu, an important Middle Bronze Age complex at Malia, central Crete. Four sources are represented—three Aegean (Sta Nychia and Dhemenegaki on Melos, plus Giali), and one central Anatolian (East Göllü Dag?), an unusually wide array in an Aegean Bronze Age context, and one that reflects the community’s varied craft-working activities and overseas co…
Chemical and mineralogical examination of metallurgical ceramics from a Late Bronze Age copper smelting site in Cyprus
Neutron activation analysis of Hellenistic pottery from Boeotia, Greece
A new protocol for the chemical characterisation of steatite – two case studies in Europe
Les poteries néolithiques à décor peint « noir sur rouge » en Grèce du Nord
This article presents the aims and main results of an interdisciplinary research programme devoted to the black-on-red painted pottery characteristic of the end of the Late Neolithic (4800/4700-3900/3800 BC) in north Greece. The macroscopic study makes it possible to distinguish four pottery groups covering east Macedonia and Thrace, the middle and upper valley of the Strymon, central Macedonia and west Macedonia. The more thoroughgoing study of …
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