Analysis of historic latter-day saint pottery glazes by laser ablation—Inductively coupled plasma—Mass spectrometry
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-16-2007
Abstract
In recent years, laser-ablation (LA) systems coupled to state-of-the-art inductively-coupled-plasma mass-spectrometers (ICP-MS) have gained increased popularity in archaeology for providing chemical analyses of a variety of inorganic and organic matrices. Such analyses have enabled archaeologists to address questions concerning provenance, trade, and technology through the analysis of metals, lithics, ceramics, and other archaeological materials. One area of research that has proven particularly fruitful has been the analysis of glazes found on pottery. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of detecting different glaze recipes. We will discuss how compositional groups correspond to manufacturing locales of ethnohistorically known Latter-day Saints' potters in Utah during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Publication Title
Archaeological Chemistry
Recommended Citation
Scarlett, T.,
Little, N. C.,
Speakman, R. J.,
Glascock, M. D.,
&
Merritt, C. W.
(2007).
Analysis of historic latter-day saint pottery glazes by laser ablation—Inductively coupled plasma—Mass spectrometry.
Archaeological Chemistry, 447-459.
http://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2007-0968.ch024
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/social-sciences-fp/76
Publisher's Statement
© 2007 American Chemical Society. Publisher's version of record: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bk-2007-0968.ch024