Provenance Study of Archaeological Ceramics from Syria Using XRF Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Thermoluminescence Dating
Joint Authors
Bakraji, Elias Hanna
Issa, Haissm
Abboud, Rana
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Abstract EN
Thermoluminescence (TL) dating and multivariate statistical methods based on radioisotope X-ray fluorescence analysis have been utilized to date and classify Syrian archaeological ceramics fragment from Tel Jamous site.
54 samples were analyzed by radioisotope X-ray fluorescence; 51 of them come from Tel Jamous archaeological site in Sahel Akkar region, Syria, which fairly represent ceramics belonging to the Middle Bronze Age (2150 to 1600 B.C.) and the remaining three samples come from Mar-Takla archaeological site fairly representative of the Byzantine ceramics.
We have selected four fragments from Tel Jamous site to determinate their age using thermoluminescence (TL) method; the results revealed that the date assigned by archaeologists was good.
An annular 109Cd radioactive source was used to irradiate the samples in order to determine their chemical composition and the results were treated statistically using two methods, cluster and factor analysis.
This treatment revealed two main groups; the first one contains only the three samples M52, M53, and M54 from Mar-Takla site, and the second one contains samples that belong to Tel Jamous site (local).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bakraji, Elias Hanna& Abboud, Rana& Issa, Haissm. 2014. Provenance Study of Archaeological Ceramics from Syria Using XRF Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Thermoluminescence Dating. Journal of Ceramics،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490034
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bakraji, Elias Hanna…[et al.]. Provenance Study of Archaeological Ceramics from Syria Using XRF Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Thermoluminescence Dating. Journal of Ceramics No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490034
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bakraji, Elias Hanna& Abboud, Rana& Issa, Haissm. Provenance Study of Archaeological Ceramics from Syria Using XRF Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Thermoluminescence Dating. Journal of Ceramics. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-490034
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-490034