Abstract

Investigations on the pottery sherds using Scanning Electron Microscope along with the Energy Dispersive X-rays is a strong tool that give characteristic information about the mineralogical composition and percentage of the minerals in the fired pottery sherds. It is possible to establish the nature of pottery sherds from the micrographs obtained. The size and distribution of the particle size as well as the pores are not uniform which may be the result of variations in the firing temperatures during the manufacturing process. The results show that the pottery samples selected for examination in the current study were fired between the temperature ranges of 800-1050oC.