Code
3F015817
Duration
01 October 2017 → 30 September 2021
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Prehistoric archaeology
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Natural sciences
- Instrumental methods
Keywords
elemental analysis
mass spectrometry
isotopic analysis
Prehistory
Clay provenancing
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.