CHARACTERIZATION OF REPRESENTATIVE ANCIENT POTTERIES: CHEMICAL, MINERALOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES

X-ra Fluorescence (XRF), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscope coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray system (SEM-EDX) were used for the determination of th mineralogical, chemical and microstructural analysis of potsherd samples. The chemical, mineralogical, morphological, porosimetry characterization of ancient pottery can unlock evidence to raw materials used for production, firing temperature and determine the technological development related to its manufacture [4, 9-11]. FTIR spectroscopy is having several advantages over the XRD mineral identification as absolutely no need for sample preparation, less analysis time moreover disordered structures can easily point out [5-9]. According to the studies by L. Damjanović et al., [1] the maximum of the Si-O band shifted systematically with thermal exposure of clay mineral.