Presentation Information

[R1P-02]Estimation of firing-temperature of Neolithic pottery from Iran based on melting and decomposition textures of mineral grains in the ceramics.

*Masanori Kurosawa1, Akira Tsuneki2 (1. Life Environ. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba, 2. Human. Social Sci., Univ. Tsukuba)

Keywords:

Pottery,Firing temperature,SEM,Melting,Thermal decomposition

Firing temperatures of Neolithic pottery samples from the Tappeh Sang-e Chakhmaq site, northeastern Iran were estimated by SEM−EDS analyses of microscopic partial-melting and decomposition textures of mineral grains and rock fragments in the pottery to evaluate a technical level of the pottery making. Based on melting temperatures of clay minerals, alkali feldspar, augite, it was estimated that almost all of the potteries were fired at about 900–1000°C.

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