Sr-Nd isotopic fingerprinting as a tool for ceramic provenance: Its application on raw materials, ceramic replicas and ancient pottery

摘要

The potentiality of isotope analysis has largely been explored in archaeological sciences to date objects, attribute their provenance and depict ancient human dietary habits. However, the potential of this technique for provenance studies of ancient ceramics has barely been explored, due to the fact that the ceramic process often involves the selection of different raw materials and, consequently, different sources of radiogenic isotopes.