期刊名称：Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica : Natural Sciences in Archaeology
印刷版ISSN：1804-848X
出版年度：2017
卷号：VIII
期号：1
页码：35-41
出版社：Archaeological Centre Olomouc
摘要：The aim of this study was to determine whether pottery shards from Dahan-e Ghulaman were locallymade or imported from elsewhere. Dahan-e Ghulaman is one of the most ancient settlements in Iran’sSistan during the Achaemenid period. The study shows that the antiquity of the site goes back to the6th and 5th centuries BC, the earthenware found in Dahan-e Ghulaman being simple and unpainted inbuff and buffish red colours. However, another type of pottery also can be observed in the Dahan-eGhulaman collection; these are painted red inside and milky outside, and are similar to ceramics fromthe Nadali site in Afghanistan. The dishes include short cups with wide mouths in red and orange.Archaeologists believe that most of the pottery shards are locally made; hence, to test this hypothesis,a scientific analysis was done to determine the chemical composition of the pottery shards. X-RaysFluorescence (XRF) was applied to determine the major and trace elements of the pottery shards. Theresults demonstrate that most of the pottery shards are in the same group and this strongly suggests thatthey are local products. Additionally, based on the major and trace elements, it can be suggested thatfive samples are not locally made.
