Provenance and firing temperatures of Shang dynasty (1600–1300 BC) pottery from the Shuyuanjie site, China: an integrated study using EDXRF, XRD, FTIR and thermal dilatometry (TD)

Grey pottery from the Shang dynasty Shuyuanjie site falls into three raw material groups, is compositionally similar to pottery from the Xiaoshuangqiao site, and was fired at temperatures between 870 and 990 °C.