Caracterização composicional e tipológica da cerâmica industrial do território de Conimbriga

Abstract

The existence of a significant number of construction ceramics materials and loom weights Conimbriga and in two villae of its territory, allowed to collect, study and organize the various forms. From the selection and sampling of these materials was possible to establish a compositional and technological characterization of this territory. The typological study of the construction ceramic materials was based on registration of shapes and dimensions, have been classified into types according to their shape and in subtypes according to their dimensions. As for the ceramic loom weights were classified according to their shape, noting the various details, including the number of holes, marks and weight.

The study of the compositional characteristics of the ceramic was made by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF). From the results obtained by XRF analysis was performed multivariate statistics, and point out the relative homogeneity in some groups, particularly for the construction ceramic materials of Conimbriga and into the pondera found in the diferents sites in study.