2018 |
Gomez-Jeria, J S; Clavijo, E; Gutierrez, S An Infrared, Sem and Xrf Study of the Paper of a 1588 Spanish Book Artículo de revista Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Biological and Chemical Sciences, 9 (4), pp. 1581-1590, 2018, ISSN: 0975-8585. Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: alum, analysis, archeology, cellulose, conservation, ft-ir gelatin, infrared margins paper postage potassium rags, sem, spain, spectra, spectroscopy, stamps, xrf @article{RN414, title = {An Infrared, Sem and Xrf Study of the Paper of a 1588 Spanish Book}, author = { J.S. Gomez-Jeria and E. Clavijo and S. Gutierrez}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000438848100213}, issn = {0975-8585}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-01-01}, journal = {Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Biological and Chemical Sciences}, volume = {9}, number = {4}, pages = {1581-1590}, abstract = {An infrared, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence study was performed on the Spanish book entitled Treated of the True and False Prophecy printed in Segovia during 1588. Three small samples were taken from the margins of three pages. Two of them belong to the original book while the third one is from a page added later during the binding of the book. The first result is that the paper is contaminated with numerous metallic elements. The distribution of these contaminants in the three samples suggests that this process began after the binding of the book. The carbonate moiety of the calcium carbonate seems to have disappeared with the passing of time transformed in carbon dioxide. Al, K and S, components of potassium alum are detected by SEM and XRF analyses. Gelatin seems to be present because some IR bands of proline suggest that. There is an unsolved problem with some IR bands because of the fact that they can be ascribed to two different entities.}, keywords = {alum, analysis, archeology, cellulose, conservation, ft-ir gelatin, infrared margins paper postage potassium rags, sem, spain, spectra, spectroscopy, stamps, xrf}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } An infrared, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray fluorescence study was performed on the Spanish book entitled Treated of the True and False Prophecy printed in Segovia during 1588. Three small samples were taken from the margins of three pages. Two of them belong to the original book while the third one is from a page added later during the binding of the book. The first result is that the paper is contaminated with numerous metallic elements. The distribution of these contaminants in the three samples suggests that this process began after the binding of the book. The carbonate moiety of the calcium carbonate seems to have disappeared with the passing of time transformed in carbon dioxide. Al, K and S, components of potassium alum are detected by SEM and XRF analyses. Gelatin seems to be present because some IR bands of proline suggest that. There is an unsolved problem with some IR bands because of the fact that they can be ascribed to two different entities. |
Arriaza, B; Ogalde, J P; Campos-Vallette, M; Paipa, C; Leyton, P; Lara, N Toxic Pigment in a Capacocha Burial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile Artículo de revista Archaeometry, 60 (6), pp. 1324-1333, 2018, ISSN: 0003-813x. Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: ancient cerro coast esmeralda, exposure, hematite, insight, mercury mercury, mortuary nasca, pigments, poisoning, pottery, raman red rituals, sem, soils, spectroscopy @article{RN408, title = {Toxic Pigment in a Capacocha Burial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile}, author = { B. Arriaza and J.P. Ogalde and M. Campos-Vallette and C. Paipa and P. Leyton and N. Lara}, url = {/brokenurl#<Go to ISI>://WOS:000449888500012}, doi = {10.1111/arcm.12392}, issn = {0003-813x}, year = {2018}, date = {2018-01-01}, journal = {Archaeometry}, volume = {60}, number = {6}, pages = {1324-1333}, abstract = {We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower-elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire.}, keywords = {ancient cerro coast esmeralda, exposure, hematite, insight, mercury mercury, mortuary nasca, pigments, poisoning, pottery, raman red rituals, sem, soils, spectroscopy}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {article} } We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower-elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire. |
2018 |
An Infrared, Sem and Xrf Study of the Paper of a 1588 Spanish Book Artículo de revista Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Biological and Chemical Sciences, 9 (4), pp. 1581-1590, 2018, ISSN: 0975-8585. |
Toxic Pigment in a Capacocha Burial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile Artículo de revista Archaeometry, 60 (6), pp. 1324-1333, 2018, ISSN: 0003-813x. |