Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case
Joint Authors
de la Guardia, Miguel
Lezzerini, Marco
Ramacciotti, M.
Rubio, S.
Columbu, S.
Hernandez, E.
Morales-Rubio, A.
Gallello, Gianni
Pastor, Agustin
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-05-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Forty-two mortar samples, from two archaeological excavations located in Sagunto (Valencian Community, Spain), were analysed by both portable energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pED-XRF) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine major and minor elements and traces including rare earth elements (REEs).
Collected data were crossed with those previously obtained from Sagunto Castle mortars, and principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to discriminate the construction phases of the unearthed buildings.
REE permitted to ascribe most of the masonries to the Roman Imperial period.
Moreover, a statistical model was built by employing partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) in order to classify the mortars from Roman Imperial period and from Islamic period due to the problematic overlapping between these two phases.
Results confirmed the effectiveness of the developed indirect chronology method, based on REE data, to discriminate among historic mortars from different construction periods on a wide scale including different Sagunto archaeological sites.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ramacciotti, M.& Rubio, S.& Gallello, Gianni& Lezzerini, Marco& Columbu, S.& Hernandez, E.…[et al.]. 2018. Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case. Journal of Spectroscopy،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ramacciotti, M.…[et al.]. Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case. Journal of Spectroscopy No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202693
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ramacciotti, M.& Rubio, S.& Gallello, Gianni& Lezzerini, Marco& Columbu, S.& Hernandez, E.…[et al.]. Chronological Classification of Ancient Mortars Employing Spectroscopy and Spectrometry Techniques: Sagunto (Valencia, Spain) Case. Journal of Spectroscopy. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202693
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1202693