This paper offers a broad and critical overview of current discussions on the potential uses
and the characterization of pigments in prehistory, with a special focus on prehistoric rock …

This review focuses on the progress made and recent developments regarding the use of
portable Raman spectrometric devices in the geosciences as well as with scientific testing of …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

Raman spectroscopic studies of carbonaceous materials are, until now, mainly devoted to
geological and industrial materials. On the other hand, it is known from artistic literature that …

The applications of analytical Raman spectroscopy in the characterisation of materials
associated with archaeologically excavated artefacts, forensic investigations of drugs of …

Raman spectroscopy is considered as one of the most appreciated analytical techniques in
the cultural heritage research field, thanks to some of its favourable characteristics such as …

The miniaturisation of laser sources, charge‐coupled device electronic control boxes and
increasing Lap‐top computer capacity led to a revolution in Raman spectrometry …

This work presents a review of the findings of calcium oxalate films, a widespread decay
phenomenon recovered on stone and other substrates (mortars, wall and easel paintings …

Over the past four decades, several functional hypotheses have been proposed for
archaeological ochre. Ochre has been shown to have antiseptic properties and to inhibit the …

Mobile instrumentation is of growing importance to archaeometry research. Equipment is
utilized in the field or at museums, thus avoiding transportation or risk of damage to valuable …