This paper presents the preliminary results of an investigation on medieval
ceramics from Apricena using thermoluminescence (TL), optical microscopy,
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy dispersive X-ray microanalys
is (EDS). The combination of physical and chemical-mineralogical analyses h
as lead to an authentication and an initial characterisation of the ceramic
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