Combining analytical chemistry and traceology: An innovative approach applied to Mesoamerican mirrors found at the Sojo site (Costa Rica)
| Autor: | Nataly Barboza, Paula Sibaja Conejo, Matthieu Ménager, Carolina Cavallini, Silvia Salgado, Emiliano Ricardo Melgar Tísoc |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CIAN - Centro de Investigaciones Antropológicas |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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010506 paleontology Archeology 060102 archaeology Iron ore mirrors Mineralogy 06 humanities and the arts Hematite 01 natural sciences [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences Maya Chibcha visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium 0601 history and archaeology Traceology Geology Spectroscopy ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 2021, 125, pp.105302. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2020.105302⟩ Journal of Archaeological Science, 2021, 125, pp.105302. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2020.105302⟩ Journal of Archaeological Science, vol.125, pp.105302 Kérwá Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR |
| ISSN: | 0305-4403 1095-9238 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105302⟩ |
| Popis: | An innovative approach based on the combination of spectroscopy and traceology was used in order to analyse iron ore mirrors excavated at the Sojo site (Chibcha area, present-day Costa Rica) in the northern Pacific region of Costa Rica (AD 300 to AD 500–600). Such mirrors were prestigious artefacts related to power, shamanism and divination during the Classic Period in the Maya area. Stone bases, adhesives and tesserae were characterised using FT-IR, SEM/EDX and Raman Spectroscopy, as well as X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and the techniques used in their manufacture were elucidated using traceology. Similar materials were found to have been used for all the bases, tesserae, adhesives and coatings of the different mirrors. Furthermore, two tessera-shaped fragments were most probably part of a composite mirror, manufactured by sticking hematite nodules onto stone tesserae using a clay mixed with an organic binder. Chert and obsidian tools were used to make, respectively, perforations and edges on all mirror bases, and the two main types of abrasion of the base surfaces were found to have been made with basalt or limestone. These analyses indicate a probable Maya origin as their manufacturing traces distin- guish them from Teotihuacan mirrors. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Sociales::Centro de Investigaciones Antropológicas (CIAN) UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Química |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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