Raman analysis of the white pigment used for decorating Caliciform beakers

Sakura Sanada

Abstract

This study tries to identify the component of the white pigment used in the so-called ‘caliciform beakers’, referring to the preliminary pottery analyses conducted by the author using a Raman spectrometer and a microscope. The results of the archaeometric analyses are considered ethnographically to see what pottery vessels were for the people and how a particular pottery decoration technique was conveyed in northeastern Africa during the Neolithic period. This study sheds light on the meaning of pottery vessels for the people and the information flow in northeast Africa during the late Neolithic period.

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DOI

10.21014/tc26-2025.088

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TC26 - Metrology for Cultural Heritage

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