A Non-Invasive In Situ Spectroscopic Analysis of Cinnabar Minerals to Assist Provenance Studies of Archaeological Pigments
dc.contributor.author | Pérez Díez, Silvia | |
dc.contributor.author | Bernier, Cheyenne | |
dc.contributor.author | García Iñañez, Javier | |
dc.contributor.author | Maguregui Hernando, Maite | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-28T15:46:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-28T15:46:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-23 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Crystals 13(2) : (2023) // Article ID 207 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2073-4352 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/60184 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study presents a non-invasive in situ methodology based on the use of portable elemental (energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, EDXRF) and molecular (Raman spectroscopy) spectroscopic-based instrumentation as a tool to obtain preliminary information to assist subsequent provenance studies of archaeological cinnabar pigments in the laboratory. In this work, six cinnabar mineral ores, extracted from the Almadén mining district and an original raw pigment coming from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii have been analyzed. As the detection capacities and spectral resolution of the portable instruments are usually poorer than the equivalent benchtop equipment, a comparative study of the in-situ and laboratory results was conducted. Afterward, chemometric data treatment was performed considering both the molecular and elemental information. According to the elemental results, it was not possible to find a strong concordance between the cinnabar ores and the pigment from Pompeii, suggesting the need for additional methodologies in the laboratory (isotope ratio analysis) to complete a proper provenance study. However, this approach was useful to classify the ores according to their mineralogical differences. Therefore, this methodology could be proposed as a useful tool to conduct a representative sampling of the cinnabar mineral ores to be considered in a provenance study of archaeological cinnabar pigments. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | The research leading to these results has received funding from “la Caixa” Foundation (Silvia Pérez-Diez, ID 100010434, Fellowship code LCF/BQ/ES18/11670017). This work has been supported by the project DEMESOS (PES21/85) funded by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and project CERIBAM (Grant PID2020-113198GB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”, by the “European Union”. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN/PID2020-113198GB-I00 | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | cinnabar | es_ES |
dc.subject | Pompeii | es_ES |
dc.subject | mineral ores | es_ES |
dc.subject | handheld X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy | es_ES |
dc.subject | portable Raman spectroscopy | es_ES |
dc.subject | in-situ analysis | es_ES |
dc.subject | provenance studies | es_ES |
dc.title | A Non-Invasive In Situ Spectroscopic Analysis of Cinnabar Minerals to Assist Provenance Studies of Archaeological Pigments | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2023-02-24T14:08:19Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/13/2/207 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/cryst13020207 | |
dc.departamentoes | Química analítica | |
dc.departamentoes | Geografía, prehistoria y arqueología | |
dc.departamentoeu | Kimika analitikoa | |
dc.departamentoeu | Geografia,historiaurrea eta arkeologia |
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