Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Description:
Radiometric and visual techniques are compared as quantitative methods for determining pottery color. An analysis of fifty-two prehistoric sherds selected at random from a multicomponent site indicates that there is an increase in the accuracy and efficiency in determining color using a spectroradiometer over subjective visual observations. Further, radiometric data can be transformed to CIE chromacity coordinates and Munsell color from spectral reflectance curves and analysed directly to access quantitative accuracy.
Keywords:
Instrumentation and Photography
Type:
SE-1998-01-0004-SSC
Format:
application/pdf