Archaeometric analyses of brick, clay, pottery and composite material from a cistern, Risan (Montenegro)

Laboratory analysis was performed on various samples from Risan. Local clay samples were analysed, as was a brick sample, pottery sherds (including amphora fragments) and samples of composite material from a cistern discovered during excavations carried out in Risan by a team from the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, University of Warsaw. The following analyses were conducted: MGR-analysis, firing tests, chemical analysis by WD-XRF, thin-section studies using polarising microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, and water permeability analysis.