For over 70 years the introduction of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage
has been ever growing with multiple contributions to deciphering the past. Novel techniques …

Natural Fe-bearing ochres ranging in color from yellow to deep red and brown abound on
earth's crust. Quite often, ochres can be used for pigmenting purposes upon little or no …

Previous research suggests that the complex symbolic, technological, and socioeconomic
behaviors that typify Homo sapiens had roots in the middle Pleistocene< 200,000 years ago …

This manuscript seeks to facilitate meta-analysis of cross-disciplinary ochre studies by
advocating for a common vocabulary and clarifying the definition of “ochre” as used by …

In this review, topic modeling—an unsupervised machine learning tool—is employed to
analyze research on pigments in cultural heritage published from 1999–2023. The review …

The use of mineral pigments, in particular iron-rich rocks, holds significant importance in
understanding the emergence and evolution of human cultures. However, sites that have …

Investigations in the now-submerged cave systems on the Yucatán Peninsula continue to
yield evidence for human presence during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Skeletal …

Usually referred to as 'ochre'or 'pigment'in archaeological contexts, ferruginous rocks were
commonly exploited during the Later Stone Age in southern Africa. While ochre could lead to …

Naturally occurring and deeply coloured iron-bearing materials were exploited very early on
by human populations. The characterization of these materials has proven useful for …

Evidence for ochre use has been identified at archaeological sites in the eastern Great
Lakes Region (North America) dating from the Paleoindian through to the Late Woodland …