The technological development of stonepaste ceramics from the Islamic Middle East |
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Authors: | MS Tite S Wolf RB Mason |
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Institution: | 1. Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK;2. ETH Zürich, Institut Denkmalpflege und Bauforschung, HIT H 43, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland;3. West Asian Department, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto M5S 2C6, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The microstructures and chemical compositions of stonepaste bodies from the Islamic Middle East, typically produced from a mixture of ten parts crushed quartz, one part crushed glass and one part white clay, are investigated using analytical scanning electron microscopy. For comparison, replicate stonepaste bodies are produced in the laboratory at firing temperatures in the range 900–1200 °C, and are similarly examined. The stonepaste bodies are divided into four primary microstructural groups that reflect the increasing reaction during firing of the glass fragments with the clay and quartz particles. The observed microstructures are then used to assess the geographical and chronological variations in the production technology of stonepaste ceramics from Egypt, Syria, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkey, spanning the period from 11th to 17th centuries AD. |
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Keywords: | Ceramics Stonepaste Technology Microstructure Scanning electron microscopy Energy dispersive spectrometry Egypt Syria Iran Uzbekistan Turkey Islamic |
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