Sherds on the Edge: Characterization of 16th Century Colonial Spanish Pottery Recovered from the Solomon Islands

S J Kelloway; T J Ferguson; J G Iñañez; P Vanvalkenburgh; C C Roush; Martin Gibbs; M D Glascock

doi:10.1111/arcm.12187

Sherds on the Edge: Characterization of 16th Century Colonial Spanish Pottery Recovered from the Solomon Islands

S J Kelloway
, T J Ferguson
, J G Iñañez
, P Vanvalkenburgh
, C C Roush
, Martin Gibbs
, M D Glascock

Archaeology and Paleoanthropology

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We present the results of instrumental neutron activation analysis of ceramics recovered from the Solomon Islands, associated with Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira's 16th century colonizing expedition to the region (c.1595-6). Based on the chemical and typological data and previously published petrological and geochronological research, this study assigns the provenance of the ceramics variously to Peru, Panama, Spain, China and Thailand. A comparison of the provenance results with historical records related to Mendaña's voyage also shows the value of the archaeological assemblage in providing a detailed picture of provisioned ceramic types and their provenance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	549-573
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	58
Issue number	4
Early online date	7 Jul 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12187
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016

Access to Document

10.1111/arcm.12187

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/32118

Handle.net

Persistent link

Cite this

@article{651cf61133e340a0936035f943426315,

title = "Sherds on the Edge: Characterization of 16th Century Colonial Spanish Pottery Recovered from the Solomon Islands",

abstract = "We present the results of instrumental neutron activation analysis of ceramics recovered from the Solomon Islands, associated with Alvaro de Menda{\~n}a y Neira's 16th century colonizing expedition to the region (c.1595-6). Based on the chemical and typological data and previously published petrological and geochronological research, this study assigns the provenance of the ceramics variously to Peru, Panama, Spain, China and Thailand. A comparison of the provenance results with historical records related to Menda{\~n}a's voyage also shows the value of the archaeological assemblage in providing a detailed picture of provisioned ceramic types and their provenance.",

author = "Kelloway, \{S J\} and Ferguson, \{T J\} and I{\~n}a{\~n}ez, \{J G\} and P Vanvalkenburgh and Roush, \{C C\} and Martin Gibbs and Glascock, \{M D\}",

year = "2016",

month = aug,

doi = "10.1111/arcm.12187",

language = "English",

volume = "58",

pages = "549--573",

journal = "Archaeometry",

issn = "0003-813X",

publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sherds on the Edge

T2 - Characterization of 16th Century Colonial Spanish Pottery Recovered from the Solomon Islands

AU - Kelloway, S J

AU - Ferguson, T J

AU - Iñañez, J G

AU - Vanvalkenburgh, P

AU - Roush, C C

AU - Gibbs, Martin

AU - Glascock, M D

PY - 2016/8

Y1 - 2016/8

N2 - We present the results of instrumental neutron activation analysis of ceramics recovered from the Solomon Islands, associated with Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira's 16th century colonizing expedition to the region (c.1595-6). Based on the chemical and typological data and previously published petrological and geochronological research, this study assigns the provenance of the ceramics variously to Peru, Panama, Spain, China and Thailand. A comparison of the provenance results with historical records related to Mendaña's voyage also shows the value of the archaeological assemblage in providing a detailed picture of provisioned ceramic types and their provenance.

AB - We present the results of instrumental neutron activation analysis of ceramics recovered from the Solomon Islands, associated with Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira's 16th century colonizing expedition to the region (c.1595-6). Based on the chemical and typological data and previously published petrological and geochronological research, this study assigns the provenance of the ceramics variously to Peru, Panama, Spain, China and Thailand. A comparison of the provenance results with historical records related to Mendaña's voyage also shows the value of the archaeological assemblage in providing a detailed picture of provisioned ceramic types and their provenance.

U2 - 10.1111/arcm.12187

DO - 10.1111/arcm.12187

M3 - Article

SN - 0003-813X

VL - 58

SP - 549

EP - 573

JO - Archaeometry

JF - Archaeometry

IS - 4

ER -

Sherds on the Edge: Characterization of 16th Century Colonial Spanish Pottery Recovered from the Solomon Islands

Abstract

Access to Document

Handle.net

Fingerprint

Cite this