Abstract
In this paper, we addressed the chemical composition and main features of a glazed Almohad ceramic assemblage recovered from Puig de Sa Morisca, a rural Islamic site located in southwest Mallorca. The glazes were analyzed by means of scanning electron microscope equipped with energy-dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS). The archaeometrical analysis conducted allowed us to characterize the technological choices applied by potters from the end of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. The exclusive use of lead-silica glazes was confirmed, which in some cases was opacified with tin. We also established that some tableware vessels, which were imported to the island, have shown glazes with a particular composition within the analyzed record.
Highlights
Archaeometric methodologies are relatively recent in the study of Al-Andalus Almohad ceramics, but they have proved excellent for studying distribution networks and vessel technology elsewhere [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Some attention has been paid to glazed ceramics recovered from archaeological sites located in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula associated with the Taifa period (12th century AD) [12] and Hispano-Moresque glazed ceramics [13,14,15,16]
Abundant information is available on the glaze recipes and the technological choices applied by Islamic potters related to diverse chronology and locations, few studies have addressed the compositional characterization of Almohad ceramic glazes and their connection to previous pottery productions
Summary
Archaeometric methodologies are relatively recent in the study of Al-Andalus Almohad ceramics, but they have proved excellent for studying distribution networks and vessel technology elsewhere [1,2,3,4,5,6]. There are many analytical studies that have addressed the technology of Andalusi ceramic glazes, covering a broad chronology between the 10th and 15th centuries AD [7]. Such works have been mainly focused on pottery assemblages from southern areas of the Iberian Peninsula associated with the early and late Islamic periods, related to the Nasrid kingdom period of Granada [3,8,9,10,11]. Abundant information is available on the glaze recipes and the technological choices applied by Islamic potters related to diverse chronology and locations, few studies have addressed the compositional characterization of Almohad ceramic glazes and their connection to previous pottery productions.
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