Pottery production on Rishiri Island, Japan

Perspectives from X‐ray fluorescence studies

Bibliographic Data

ID8354426
AuthorsM Hall (0000-0001-7651-1219), Mark E Hall (0000-0003-2089-9271, Niigata Prefectural Museum of History), Ushio Maeda (University of Tsukuba), M Hudson (0000-0002-9483-9303), Manley O Hudson
Year2002
Volume44
Issue2
Pages213-228
Publication date2002-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00054
OpenAlexW2009162998
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Energy‐dispersive X‐ray fluorescence (EDXRF) was used to determine the minor and trace element composition of 54 sherds of pottery dating from the Final Jomon to Okhotsk periods. The majority of the sherds came from Rishiri Island, Japan. Principal component (PC) scores were calculated using the log transformed concentration values, and groups were sought in the PC scores using kernel density estimates (KDEs). Two main groups were found in the data; linear and quadratic discriminant analysis classified both groups successfully. Significant differences in the concentrations of Cu, Fe, K, Nb, Pb, Rb, Th and Zr were found to exist between the two groups. The lack of correspondence between chronological ware types and geochemical groups implies that the same raw materials and paste recipes were in use during the Epi‐Jomon and Okhotsk eras on Rishiri Island. One possiblity is that the Epi‐Jomon and Okhotsk potters used the same clays and tempers, since no other alternatives were available. Alternatively, the Okhotsk potters could have adopted the same paste recipes as the Epi‐Jomon potters, or the Okhotsk pottery tradition could be descended from the Epi‐Jomon pottery tradition

Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Mineralogy · Pottery · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · History · X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis

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