Strontium in pots : an experimental study on the determination
of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and provenance of
prehistoric vessels from Verteba cave, Ukraine (Tripolye
culture)

C 2022

Strontium in pots : an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and provenance of prehistoric vessels from Verteba cave, Ukraine (Tripolye culture)

POKUTTA, Dalia, Taras TKACHUK and Peter TÓTH

Basic information

Original name

Strontium in pots : an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and provenance of prehistoric vessels from Verteba cave, Ukraine (Tripolye culture)

Authors

POKUTTA, Dalia (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Taras TKACHUK (804 Ukraine) and Peter TÓTH (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Bonn, From farmers to heroes? : Archaeological studies in honor of Sławomir Kadrow, p. 223-232, 10 pp. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 376, 2022

Publisher

Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt, GmbH.

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60102 Archaeology

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00129261

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-3-7749-4298-1

Keywords in English

Verteba; Tripolye culture; strontium isotopes; ceramics

Abstract

V originále

The most important analytical approach in archaeology since radiocarbon dating, stable isotope analysis provides quantitative evidence for ancient diets, provenance/mobility, and ecology. In this study, we analyzed the 87Sr/86Sr isotopic composition of ceramics from Verteba Cave, the underground sacrificial site associated with the Tripolye culture in Western Ukraine. The study sought to provide an initial outline and isotopic reference dataset to be used in archaeometric analysis of provenance for prehistoric pottery and other clayey artefacts, and consequently in studying ancient mobility of the communities living close to the Seret River and Verteba Cave site. The approach here adopted relies on Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometry, using the clayey materials tout court, without any pre-treatment, in order to maintain unaltered the mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of the natural resources possibly available in ancient times for the pottery production, and avoid any possible preparation bias. Results indicate the presence of both locally made vessels and imports in the Verteba cave. Strontium isotopic ‘finger-printing’ can be used as a discrimination tool applied to ancient ceramics provenance, however, this method encounters certain significant technical limitations.

Links

GA20-19542S, research and development project

Name: Po stopách počátku neolitu studiem keramiky (Acronym: NeoPot)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

POKUTTA, Dalia, Taras TKACHUK and Peter TÓTH. Strontium in pots : an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and provenance of prehistoric vessels from Verteba cave, Ukraine (Tripolye culture). In Dębiec, Maciej; Górski, Jacek; Müller, Johannes; Nowak, Marek; Pelisiak, Andrzej; Saile, Thomas; Włodarczak, Piotr. From farmers to heroes? : Archaeological studies in honor of Sławomir Kadrow. Bonn: Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt, GmbH., 2022, p. 223-232. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 376. ISBN 978-3-7749-4298-1.

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POKUTTA, Dalia, Taras TKACHUK and Peter TÓTH. Strontium in pots : an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and provenance of prehistoric vessels from Verteba cave, Ukraine (Tripolye culture). In Dębiec, Maciej; Górski, Jacek; Müller, Johannes; Nowak, Marek; Pelisiak, Andrzej; Saile, Thomas; Włodarczak, Piotr. \textit{From farmers to heroes? : Archaeological studies in honor of Sławomir Kadrow}. Bonn: Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt, GmbH., 2022, p.~223-232. Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie, Band 376. ISBN~978-3-7749-4298-1.

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