Chemical Composition Analysis of Early Neolithic Pottery Unearthed from Xiaohuangshang Site, Zhejiang Province and Jiahu Site, Henan Province by Energy Disperse X-Ray Fluorescence
CHEN Qian-qian, YANG Yu-zhang*, ZHANG Ju-zhong, CUI Wei
Department of History of Science and Technology & Archaeometry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
Abstract：The major elements in the early neolithic potteries unearthed from Xiaohuangshan site, Zhejiang Province and Jiahu site, Henan Province were determined by energy disperse X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF). The results show that the chemical compositions of the potteries from these two sites possess obvious regional features respectively. Compared with the specimen from Jiahu site, the potteries from Xiaohuangshan site have the common feature of ancient Chinese southern ceramics with high silicon and low aluminum contents. Simultaneously, the chemical composition of Xiaohuangshan pottery samples nearly unchanged from its early stage to the last stage. This phenomenon indicates that the source of the ceramic raw materials of Xiaohuangshan site was stable, and the continuous improvement of its pottery quality was mainly due to the progress in sintering techniques. However, the chemical composition of Jiahu potteries changed a lot in its three different periods. This change occurred because a large number of admixtures were added to the pottery bodies to improve their operating performances. These results also show that the improvements of pottery making techniques in different Chinese areas may have their own evolution directions respectively for the different geographical environments.
陈茜茜，杨玉璋*，张居中，崔 炜. 浙江小黄山与河南贾湖遗址出土新石器时代前期陶器化学组成的WDXRF分析研究 [J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2011, 31(11): 3140-3144.
CHEN Qian-qian, YANG Yu-zhang*, ZHANG Ju-zhong, CUI Wei. Chemical Composition Analysis of Early Neolithic Pottery Unearthed from Xiaohuangshang Site, Zhejiang Province and Jiahu Site, Henan Province by Energy Disperse X-Ray Fluorescence . SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2011, 31(11): 3140-3144.
