Analyzing the fired-clay ceramic of EBA Canaanite pottery using FT-IR spectroscopy and LA-ICP-MS

Physics & Astronomy

• inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 100%
• bronzes 78%
• clays 74%
• montmorillonite 54%
• ceramics 45%
• spectroscopy 35%
• illite 28%
• kaolinite 24%
• quartz 14%
• curve fitting 9%
• drying 8%
• minerals 8%
• spectrum analysis 8%
• wetting 8%
• vessels 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• Bronze Age 76%
• ceramics 58%
• spectroscopy 56%
• raw material 54%
• clay 44%
• smectite 39%
• illite 19%
• kaolinite 18%
• quartz 13%
• swell 10%
• montmorillonite 10%
• firing 9%
• wetting 9%
• spectral analysis 9%
• clay mineral 8%
• drying 8%
• vessel 7%
• temperature 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Pottery 97%
• Raw Material 55%
• Ceramic 51%
• Spectroscopy 43%
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy 37%
• Quartz 17%
• Clay Mineral 11%
• Fire 10%
• Montmorillonite 9%
• Mixture 4%