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Corinth Publication: Barone, et al. X-Ray Spectrometry 40:5, 2011 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Name: | | Barone, et al. X-Ray Spectrometry 40:5, 2011 | | Title: | | Potentiality of non-destructive XRF analysis for the determination of Corinthian B amphorae provenance | | Author: | | Barone, G.; Crupi, V.; Longo, F.; Majolino, D.; Mazzoleni, P.; Spagnolo, G.; Venuti, V. & Aquilia, E. | | Series Title: | | X-Ray Spectrometry | | Volume: | | 40:5 | | Month: | | September | | Date: | | 2011 | | Abstract: | | Numerous samples of archaic transport Corinthian B type amphorae coming from the archaeological excavations of Gela (Sicily, South Italy) were analysed using non-destructive X-ray fluorescence portable InnovX-Systems (Alpha 4000'). Between the 6th and the 5th century BC the Corinthian B amphorae were diffused throughout the Western Mediterranean regions and Greece. Some researchers assigned these amphorae to different production areas, both in Southern Italy and in Greece, although, up to now, the exact attribution to the production centres is still under discussion. In this paper, with the aim to characterise the production sites of this important typology of amphorae, common ceramics, undoubtedly produced in Corinth, Corfu and Sybaris, were also analysed as these important Greek and Magna Graecia cities are considered by the archaeologists as the production centres of Corinthian B' amphorae. The multivariate analysis, performed on selected elements, clearly distinguished two groups of amphorae which, on the basis of archeological considerations, and by the comparison with reference ceramics, were assigned to Magnae Grecia (Sybaris and surroundings) and Greek productions. Copyright 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | | Page: | | 333-337 | | URL: | | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/xrs.1347/abstract |
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