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Evidence for Birch Bark Tar Use as an Adhesive and Decorative Element in Early Iron Age Central Italy: Technological and Socio-Economic Implications
- Source :
- Archaeometry. 60:1077-1087
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Archaeological excavations carried out in Early Iron Age Vetulonia (northern Tuscany, Italy) brought to light a funerary urn particularly noteworthy for the presence of an unusual decoration obtained by plastering the vase surface with an organic dark grey substance, on which metal strips were originally fixed. In order to reveal the origin of such coating, it was chemically studied by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Chemical analysis not only revealed that birch bark tar was used as coating/adhesive material for the manufacture of the urn, but also allowed us to discuss the significance of the vessel in terms of eco‐technological knowledge and possible cultural connections on a large geographical scale.
- Subjects :
- 010506 paleontology
Archeology
History
business.product_category
060102 archaeology
Metal strips
Tar
06 humanities and the arts
Vase
01 natural sciences
Archaeology
Grey substance
Geography
Iron Age
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
0601 history and archaeology
Bark
Pottery
Adhesive
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0003813X
- Volume :
- 60
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archaeometry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........599c790dd243b3bc1d148e32695eef4c