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The archaeometric study of the "golden slip" ware (second century BCE—fourth century CE) at the site of Barikot (Swat, northwestern Pakistan) aimed to define its manufacturing technology and provenance of the raw materials used. For this reason, a multianalytical approach consisting of the microscopic, microstructural and mineralogical analysis of both the golden slip and the .