The Provenance Study of the Raw Materials of the Ancient Terracotta Found near the Crimean Bridge: Natural-Science Approach
Journal: Crystallography Reports
Year: 2022

The paste of a series of ceramic products from the Black Sea and Mediterranean regions have been studied at the National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” (NRC KI) and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in order to identify the provenance of the ancient terracotta found in the Kerch Bay; the results are compared with the data in the literature. A classical approach was applied: the ceramic paste morphology was analyzed by optical and scanning electron microscopy, and the phase c