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Mossbauer spectroscopy
A technique used in the analysis of artefact composition, particularly iron compounds in pottery. It involves the measurement of the gamma radiation absorbed by the iron nuclei, which provides information on the particular iron compounds in the sample, and hence on the conditions of the firing when the pottery was being made.
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