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Magnetic and chemical characterization of black pottery from Hanseong Baekje archaeological site, South Korea

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The black pottery unearthed from the Hanseong Baekje archaeological site in Seoul, South Korea was characterized by type using different techniques. The samples were classified into three types depending on their coloring pattern. There was no observable difference in the mineral and major element composition of the black colored part and raw material soil part of each sample. However, differences in magnetic properties and carbon content reflect the characteristics of each type and part of the sample. These results help to distinguish the mechanisms for black color development between reductive fired black pottery and soot-coated black pottery.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) as part of the Cultural Heritage Research & Development program. We are deeply grateful to Prof. Chul Sung Kim at the Department of Nano-electro Physics, Kookmin University, for providing the Mössbauer data. We would also like to thank Sang Won Nam at NRICH and the two anonymous reviewers for their comments, which helped improve the manuscript significantly.

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    Dong Hyeok Moon & Myeong Seong Lee

  2. Department of Geology and Research Institute of Natural Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea

    Dong Hyeok Moon & Hyen Goo Cho

  3. HANARO Utilization Division , Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Young Rang Uhm

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Moon, D.H., Lee, M.S., Cho, H.G. et al. Magnetic and chemical characterization of black pottery from Hanseong Baekje archaeological site, South Korea. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 330, 419–426 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07813-w

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