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MAIASP. 2022. No. S1 M.N. Rastegaeva ( CERAMIC
PETROGRAPHY: THE HISTORY OF THE METHOD AND THE DOI: 10.53737/2713-2021.2022.36.62.004 Access this
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Petrography methods have long been
successfully used in geology to describe and classify rocks. In the late half
of the 19th century, they were borrowed by researchers to study
clay products in order to establish the component composition of raw
materials and minerals used as a non-plastic additives,
as well as to determine the degree of their changes in the process of decarbonitization. In addition, petrography makes it
possible to study organic residues in the composition of the molding mass in
order to determine the firing temperature of the product. Over time, the
approach has grown into a separate discipline called ceramic petrography and
has become, in fact, an archaeological method of studying clay artifacts,
combining traditional archaeological procedures (visual, morphological,
typological analyses, etc.) and scientific methods. The article deals with
Russian and foreign historiography devoted to the petrographic
analysis, mainly of fired vessels. The main emphasis is placed on research
that touches on the main milestones of the development of the method itself,
as well as characterizing the experience of its application in the study of
pottery making in classical antiquity. The article also touches upon the
problems of the current state of ceramic petrography in Russian science. |
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Key words: ceramic petrography,
historiography, geology, scientific methods, pottery, antiquity. |
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Received
November 22, 2022 Accepted
for publication December 12, 2022 |
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About the author: Rastegaeva Mariya Nikolayevna ( E-mail: marija.rastegaeva1698@gmai.com
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