Rock magnetic,petrographic and dielectric characterization of prehistoric Amerindian potsherds from Venezuela |
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| Authors: | Myriam Andrea Rada Torres Vincenzo Costanzo-Álvarez Milagrosa Aldana Nery Suárez Corina Campos Maria Magdalena Mackowiak-Antczak María Carmela Brandt |
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| Institution: | 1.Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra,Universidad Simón Bolívar,Caracas,Venezuela;2.Universidad Simón Bolívar,Departamento de Física,Caracas,Venezuela;3.IERU Unidad de Estudios Arqueológicos,Universidad Simón Bolívar,Caracas,Venezuela;4.Halliburton,Calgary,Canada |
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| Abstract: | Rock magnetic, petrographic and dielectric analyses were carried out, in a number of archeological ceramic potsherds, in order
to characterize the different manufacturing techniques used by Prehistoric Venezuelan Amerindian potters. Samples were excavated
in 7 Venezuelan islands and ascribed to distinct cultural groups on purely stylistic grounds (i.e. Valencioide, Ocumaroide,
Dabajuroide and Unknown). Mean coercivity values were determined through a direct signal analyses (DSA) applied to isothermal
remanent magnetization (IRM) acquisition curves. Logarithmic plots of these mean coercivities are the best quantitative means
to classify diverse ceramics. The mean coercivity values seem to group the samples according to the manufacturing development.
These values also seem to discriminate the samples provenance, indeed, this plot displays a good grouping of data for samples
presumably manufactured by the same culture but excavated at different locations. Thermomagnetic cycles supply helpful information
about original ceramic firing conditions. The irreversibility parameter (IP) for thermomagnetic curves (heating and cooling),
serves as an indicator of the amount of organic matter burnt during original pottery firing. The IP for a number of pottery
samples from Venezuelan islands and mainland, with ages ranging between 300 BC to 1500 AD, might suggest a possible increasing
trend in time towards the complete reversibility line of IP = 0. Most samples, independently of age and cultural group, have
IP values that suggest that most open fires, used by primitive Venezuelan Amerindian potters, had enough ventilation and oxidizing
atmospheres. A scatter plot of maximum current depolarization temperatures versus natural remanent magnetization (NRM) suggests
a complex non-linear relationship between these two parameters most likely due to the fact that both, dielectric and rock
magnetic data, are linked to pore-related features. |
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