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Radiographic Imaging Technologies for Archaeological Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

William A. Ellingson,
Pamela B. Vandiver,
Thomas K. Robinson and
John J. Lobick
William A. Ellingson
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
Pamela B. Vandiver
Affiliation:
Conservation-Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Thomas K. Robinson
Affiliation:
XEROX Medical Systems, Xerox Corporation, Pasadena, CA
John J. Lobick
Affiliation:
Diagnostic Radiology, Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago, IL
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In archaeological studies of ceramic materials, nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods are needed to better understand the nature and evolution of ceramic fabrication techniques [1] and even to authenticate ancient ceramics [2]. The desired data are similar to those sought in modern fine ceramics, especially advanced structural ceramics [3]. X-ray imaging technologies, developed to characterize structural ceramics, were applied to three samples, a modern and two archaeological ceramics, in order to obtain fabrication information. They were imaged using various X-ray image receivers: electrostatic receivers (Xeroradiography Xerox 125 and 175, Xerox Medical Systems, Pasadena CA), photostimulable phosphors (Fuji Photo Film Co., Japan, 1985 Prototype System FCR-101), and high-resolution industrial X-ray film (Kodak, Rochester, N.Y.). Ultrasound and dye penetrants had failed to reveal methods of manufacture in the ancient ceramics because of their highly porous fabric (1).

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 123: Symposium L – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology I , 1988, 25
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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