Provenance of pottery determined by soil physicochemical and chemometric methods
A case study from Frederiksgave, Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9849565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars Holm Rasmussen (0000-0002-7301-3182, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author), Yaw Bredwa-Mensah (University of Ghana), Ole K Borggaard (University of Copenhagen), Christian Koch (0000-0002-6697-3468, University of Copenhagen), Christian B Koch, Henrik Breuning-Madsen, Henrik Breuning‐madsen (University of Copenhagen) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-79 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7223 • E-ISSN: 1903-2471 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167223.2009.10649596 |
| OpenAlex | W2324059287 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 109(1):69–79, 2009 The suitability of using traditional soil chemical and mineralogical methods combined with chemometrics to trace provenance of archaeological samples was tested on potsherds from Frederiksgave, a former Danish plantation in southern Ghana, inusefrom 1830–1850. Soil and six potsherds from Frederiksgave, together with potsherds from two likely production sites at Ga and Dangme Shai, were investigated by visual inspection, total element analysis and X-ray diffraction and the results analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis. The investigation clearly showed that the Frederiksgave pots were not locally produced but came from other production sites indicating trading interaction between the plantation and surrounding settlements. One sample undoubtedly originated from Dangme Shai and another one must have been produced at a third (unknown) site. The provenance of the remaining samples is uncertain, but possibly three of them came from Ga and maybe one from Dangme Shai. Ill-defined compositional variation at Dangme Shai and Ga sites is thought to be the main reason for the observed difficulties in tracing the precise provenance of the Frederiksgave samples
Archaeology · Chemometrics · Geochemistry · Geography · Ornaments · Pottery · Principal component analysis · Provenance · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · Mathematics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |