Using lead isotopes to determine Cypriote pottery provenance - Signature of Cypriote clay sources and comparison with Late Bronze Age Cypriote pottery Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper presents the lead isotopic composition of potential clay sources for pottery production, collected in the four major geological zones of Cyprus (Troodos Ophiolite, Circum Troodos Sedimentary Succession, Mamonia Terrane, Kyrenia Terrane) and evaluates its usefulness in Cypriote pottery provenance studies. The clay isotopic signatures from the four zones are compared to each other and to the isotopic composition of various utilitarian ...