Berta Pedreño

Berta Pedreño


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

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25 June 2023 in Minerals
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Lluís CasasLluís Casas
Lluís Casas
Anna Anglisano RocaAnna Anglisano Roca
Anna Anglisano Roca
Roberta Di FeboRoberta Di Febo
Roberta Di Febo
Berta PedreñoBerta Pedreño
Berta Pedreño
Ignasi QueraltIgnasi Queralt
Ignasi Queralt
A multi-analytical approach is usually applied in provenance studies of archaeological marbles. However, for very similar marble varieties, additional techniques and approaches are required. This paper uses a case study to illustrate this with two Catalan marble districts (Gualba and Ceret) and three sets of archaeological marbles. The common multi-method approach is unable to discriminate between the two districts, and such distinction is only partially glimpsed using unsupervised multivariate data analyses on a transformed geochemical dataset of reference samples. In contrast, several supervised classification models have been successfully trained to discriminate between the quarries without any special data transformation. All the trained models agree to assign the three sets of archaeological samples to the Gualba quarry district. Additional outcomes of the paper are a comprehensive archaeometric characterization of the little-known marbles of Gualba and Ceret and the first archaeometrically supported evidence of the use of Gualba marble during Roman and Medieval times.