Code
3F015817
Duration
01 October 2017 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Instrumental methods
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Humanities and the arts
- Prehistoric archaeology
Keywords
elemental analysis
mass spectrometry
isotopic analysis
Prehistory
Clay provenancing
Prehistory (Stone Age)
Comparative
Quantitative
chemical fingerprinting
clay sourcing
neolithization
pottery
Belgium
Western Europe
Archaeology
Project description
Prehistoric pottery sherds from the Scheldt basin will be analyzed via high-end mass spectrometric techniques. Elemental “fingerprinting” and isotopic analysis of selected elements within the clay fraction will be relied on for provenancing the clay. Compound-specific isotopic analysis of absorbed organic residues will reveal the diet of the users, which will also aid in adequate sampling for reliable radiocarbon dating.