D'Uva, Francesco (2024) Archaeometric study of ceramic production in southern Atbai (eastern Sudan). [Tesi di dottorato]
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| Tipologia del documento: | Tesi di dottorato |
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| Lingua: | English |
| Titolo: | Archaeometric study of ceramic production in southern Atbai (eastern Sudan) |
| Autori: | Autore Email D'Uva, Francesco francesco.duva@unina.it |
| Data: | 30 Ottobre 2024 |
| Numero di pagine: | 120 |
| Istituzione: | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
| Dipartimento: | Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse |
| Dottorato: | Scienze della Terra, dell'ambiente e delle risorse |
| Ciclo di dottorato: | 36 |
| Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato: | nome email Di Maio, Rosa rosa.dimaio@unina.it |
| Tutor: | nome email Morra, Vincenzo [non definito] De Bonis, Alberto [non definito] |
| Data: | 30 Ottobre 2024 |
| Numero di pagine: | 120 |
| Parole chiave: | Archaeometry, Ceramic, Atbai |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: | Area 04 - Scienze della terra > GEO/07 - Petrologia e petrografia |
| Depositato il: | 10 Ott 2024 07:48 |
| Ultima modifica: | 10 Mar 2026 13:55 |
| URI: | http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/15359 |
Abstract
The entire history of northeast Africa can be rewritten if studied from the perspective of its hinterland cultural groups; for a long time erroneously considered regressive elements in its evolution. These, able to evolve autonomously, were part of a network of mutual exchange that touched the entire northeast Africa. In particularly, those of the southern Atbai, the subject of this study, assumed a necessary role for ancient Egypt, thus redefining the idea we have today of its dominance. In this context, the archaeometric study of the ceramic material culture of the various southern Atbai cultural groups makes it possible to investigate in a unprecedented way, for each group, the origin of the raw materials used and the choices made in the production of this material. The resulting mineral-petrographic and chemical description is obtained by processing the data collected through a specifically designed diagnostic procedure. In addition to the classical analytical techniques (PLM, FESEM-EDS, XRPD, XRF), there are two that are scarcely used in this type of study: QEMSCAN and TIMS; which are necessary to resolve the compositional complexity of the samples and determine in detail, thanks to Sr and Nd isotopic characterisation, their locality or otherwise, respectively. In order to achieve this second purpose, three presumed raw materials were also analysed by means of TIMS. In addition, a new statistical data processing method was applied to those obtained by XRF. The analysed ceramic sampling covering the Southern Atbai cultural sequence, ranging from 6000 BC to 2000 BC and coming from fourteen archaeological sites located in the region, consists of 90 samples. In the production of ceramic material, the cultural groups of interest used appropriately selected raw materials that, once shaped, were fired under conditions that improved over time. The results obtained make it possible to define the contacts of the cultural groups of southern Atbai, thus helping to delineate the exchange network of the entire northeast Africa, and the course of their technological progress over time evaluating its possible correlation to the establishment and disruption of contacts.
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