[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the pigments and paints of prehistoric artists

I Domingo, A Chieli - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2021 - Springer
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 …

The technological versus methodological revolution of portable XRF in archaeology

E Frahm, RCP Doonan - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) instruments have gained considerable attention within
the archaeological community. Few other recent instrumental developments have generated …

Early human symbolic behavior in the Late Pleistocene of Wallacea

A Brumm, MC Langley, MW Moore… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Wallacea, the zone of oceanic islands separating the continental regions of Southeast Asia
and Australia, has yielded sparse evidence for the symbolic culture of early modern humans …

Non-invasive portable instrumentation to study Palaeolithic rock paintings: the case of La Peña Cave in San Roman de Candamo (Asturias, Spain)

M Olivares, K Castro, MS Corchón, D Gárate… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
La Peña de Candamo Cave, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 2008, preserves one of
the most important collections of parietal art in the North of Spain and there is an urgent …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of plant cells in black pigments of prehistoric Spanish Levantine rock art by means of a multi-analytical approach. A new method for social …

E López-Montalvo, C Roldán, E Badal… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
We present a new multi-analytical approach to the characterization of black pigments in
Spanish Levantine rock art. This new protocol seeks to identify the raw materials that were …

A critical assessment of the potential and limitations of physicochemical analysis to advance knowledge on Levantine rock art

ID Sanz, M Vendrell, A Chieli - Quaternary International, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper offers an updated review of the variety of physicochemical analysis applied so far
to Levantine rock art (Spain) to characterize the composition of the pigments, as well as the …

New insights into the rock art of Anbangbang Gallery, Kakadu National Park

SK May, J Huntley, M Marshall, E Miller… - Journal of Field …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents findings from a recent study of the Anbangbang Gallery in the
Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) site complex of Kakadu National Park, Australia. Using new …

Contribution and limits of portable X-ray fluorescence for studying Palaeolithic rock art: a case study at the Points cave (Aiguèze, Gard, France)

C Chanteraud, É Chalmin, M Lebon, H Salomon… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Analysing the colouring matter used to make prehistoric rock art is essential in order to
retrace the chaînes opératoires involved. Despite the well-documented limitations of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing paint technologies and recipes in Levantine and Schematic rock art: El Carche site as a case study (Jalance, Spain)

A Chieli, M Vendrell, C Roldán, P Giráldez, I Domingo - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
This paper contributes to current debates on the technologies and practices of prehistoric
artists using the rock art site of el Carche (Jalance, Spain) as a case study. The site …

In situ characterization by Raman and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy of post-Paleolithic blackish pictographs exposed to the open air in Los Chaparros shelter …

À Pitarch, JF Ruiz, SFO de Vallejuelo, A Hernanz… - Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
An in situ study of post-Palaeolithic blackish pictographs found in an open air rock-shelter,
Los Chaparros site (Albalate del Arzobispo, Teruel province, Spain), was carried out to …