Archaeometric characterization of Glazed Pottery from Agsu (Azerbaijan)

Agsu town is an Azerbaijan's important archaeological site, considered a crossroads of commercial routes since the ancient times between China, Asia Minor and Europe. For this reason the area is rich in different typologies of artifacts with various provenances such as stone objects, glazed pottery and coins. The work is focused on the characterization of eight pottery samples using combined analytical techniques such as optical microscopy, electron microscopy coupled with microanalysis and synchrotron radiation (SR) based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to define their manufacturing processes and to attempt to identify their production centers.