Roman Pottery From Augusta Praetoria (Aosta, Italy)

A Provenance Study

Bibliographic Data

ID8353231
AuthorsPiero Mirti (University of Turin), Vincenzo Zelano (University of Turin), Roberto Aruga (University of Turin), E Ferrara (0000-0001-7254-8065, University of Turin), L Appolonia
Year1990
Volume32
Issue2
Pages163-175
Publication date1990-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4754.1990.tb00463.x
OpenAlexW1990488473
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited13

Forty‐five sherds of Roman pottery, 21 terrae sigillutae and 24 common wares excavated in Augusta Praeroria, were analysed for 12 elements by atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy. Hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis, principal component analysis, and non‐linear mapping were performed on the analytical data in order to classify the objects in groups which could account for different provenances; soft independent modelling of class analogy (SIMCA) and K nearest neighbours (KNN) were used for solving doubtful assignments. The classification results indicate that local productions of terra sigillatu can be easily distinguished from the imported ones, and that common wares have compositional patterns which differ from those of both local and imported terrae sigillatue

Archaeology · Cluster (spacecraft) · Cluster analysis · Geography · Hierarchical clustering · Mineralogy · Pottery · Principal component analysis · Provenance · Statistics · Building materials and conservation · Computer Science · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · Mathematics · Paleontology

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