Contribution and limits of portable X-ray fluorescence for studying Palaeolithic rock art: a case study at the Points cave (Aiguèze, Gard, France)
| Autor: | Julien Monney, Claire Chanteraud, Emilie Chalmin, Camille Noûs, Kevin Jacq, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Hélène Salomon, Matthieu Lebon |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology geography geography.geographical_feature_category 060102 archaeology [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Mineralogy 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Cave Portable X-ray 0601 history and archaeology Rock art Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Elsevier, 2021, 37, pp.102898. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102898⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2352-409X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102898⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Analysing the colouring matter used to make prehistoric rock art is essential in order to retrace the chaînes opératoires involved. Despite the well-documented limitations of portable analysis systems, the need to conserve rock art led us to reassess the capabilities of portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry. Thus, we compared in-situ and laboratory analyses of materials from the Points cave (France), and laboratory pXRF results with analyses obtained using other methods and with reference samples. Results confirmed that current pXRF systems are unable to provide data suitable for elucidating the chaînes opératoires of ferruginous colouring matter. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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