Funerary colors in Pre-classical Maya culture: the red pigment in the 19th tomb of Rio Azul (Peten, Guatemala)
| Autor: | Núria Guasch-Ferré, Laura Osete-Cortina, Cristina Vidal-Lorenzo, María Luisa Vázquez de Ágredos-Pascual, María Teresa Doménech-Carbó, Antonio Doménech-Carbó |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Archeology
Maya art Mesoamerica Pre-Classic period Funerary colors lcsh:Fine Arts lcsh:Analytical chemistry Color Conservation 01 natural sciences Maya Maya culture 0601 history and archaeology Tomb 19 Grave goods lcsh:QD71-142 060102 archaeology 010401 analytical chemistry 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology Rio Azul 0104 chemical sciences Aromatics PINTURA Inorganic materials lcsh:N Ancient maya Art maia |
| Zdroj: | Heritage Science, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020) RiuNet: Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia instname |
| Popis: | [EN] The pigments were important in the funerary customs of the ancient Maya. They could be introduced as an offering inside the tombs or burials, and were also used to wrap the dead bodies, as if it were a funeral shroud. In the tombs and burials of royalty and high social classes the use of pigments for this purpose is well documented, and physicochemical studies are focused on their identification. This scientific contribution shows the results obtained when analyzing two reddish pigmenting materials from the grave goods of the tomb 19 of the archaeological site of Rio Azul, (Guatemalan Department of Peten), using a multi-technique approach including microscopy, diffraction, spectroscopic, electrochemical and chromatographic techniques. The results have enabled the identification of the inorganic and organic materials composing these pigmenting materials found in a ceramic posthumous offering dish and further discussion mainly has been focused on the geological source of the inorganic materials and the possible origin of the organic matter accompanying these two pigmenting materials. Financial support is gratefully acknowledged from the Spanish "I + D+I MINECO" project CTQ2017-85317-C2-1-P, which is supported by the Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad (MINECO), Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (ERDF) funds and Agencia Estatal de Investigacion (AEI), the Universitat de Valencia project UV-INV-AE11-42990 and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades I+D project PGC2018-098904-B-C22. |
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