Approches archéométriques non destructives sur les engobes des sigillées africaines

Abstract

This article presents the preliminary results of analyses by two non-destructive, portable and relatively economical methods in terms of investment/measurement time, on African Red Slip Ware: colorimetry and portable X-ray fluorescence. Alone or in combination, they allow to distinguish between the different productions of African Red Slip Ware as well as the different known workshops in Tunisia. These promising results encourage the further development of these approaches, which could be applied in situ to ceramics from consumption sites as well as to museum collections.

Keywords

• African Red Slip ware
• slip
• archaeometric characterization
• portable XRF
• colorimetry
• non-destructive methods