Motivated by the requirements of the present archaeology, we are developing an automated documentation system for archaeological classification and reconstruction of ceramics. Our system works with the profile of an archaeological fragment, which is the cross-section of the fragment in the direction of the rotational axis of symmetry. Ceramic fragments are recorded automatically by a 3D-measure...

the goal of this article is to study the shimashki potteries in the saymarreh valley. archaeological surveys conducted in the saymarreh valley shows that the painted pottery tradition of godin iii has become prevalent in the valley during the bronze age and only once, development of this pottery tradition had cracked. this event took place in the phase of godin iii4, which we relate it to the i...

Abstract The archaeometric investigation of 46 potsherds “Torre Alemanna type” pottery aimed to define a compositional reference group and understand the technological characteristics its production. Principal component analysis applied bulk chemical data (XRF) ceramic body showed strong homogeneity. Their comparison with local clays 6 fragments bricks sampled from kiln, on one hand, revealed u...