30206
Accession Number
31003
Editor
Vandiver, Pamela B.; Mass, Jennifer L.; Murray, Alison
Title Of Article Chaper
Technical Study of Pigments and Paintings in Archaeological Ceramics From Northwestern Argentine Region: An Archaeometric Approach and Implications for Their Conservation Through SEM-EDS
Title Of Journal Book
Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology VII: Materials Research Society Symposium, held November 30-December 3, 2004, Boston, Mass. : proceedings
Volume
852
Pages
255-262
Collation
8 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Publisher
Materials Research Society (MRS)
ISBN
1558998004
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The ancient technology involved in the application of pigments and paintings used by potters to decorate ceramic vessels is one of the most interesting aspects of ceramic technology in the past. Potters have used in the past, several sources (e.g. inorganic and organic) to decorate the vessels in order to achieve the colours desired and fix them in the vessels throughout the firing process. In this paper, we present the results of a technological and chemical characterization of pigments and paintings through the application of Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) to ceramics from the Middle Period (ca. 650 AD 900 AD) at Northwestern Argentine region.
Keywords
technical; study; pigment; painting; archaeology; ceramic; argentina; conservation; sem
pub_id
30206