Martí Mas Cornellá.
Referencia: Martí Mas, Alberto Jorge, Beatriz Gavilán, Mónica Solís, Enrique Parra, Pedro-Pablo Pérez, Minateda rock shelters (Albacete) and post-palaeolithic art of the Mediterranean Basin in Spain: pigments, surfaces and patinas, Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 40, Issue 12, December 2013, Pages 4635-4647, ISSN 0305-4403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.019.
Abstract:
The
inorganic and organic fractions of two microsamples of prehistoric
paint from the same site, the Minateda rock shelters, are analysed here
for the first time. The two samples correspond to two rock shelters of
different styles (Levantine and schematic) – Abrigo Grande de Minateda (The Great Rock Shelter of Minateda) and Abrigo del Barranco de la Mortaja (Del Barranco de la Mortaja Rock Shelter). Since its discovery, historiographical tradition has emphasised the Abrigo Grande de Minateda,
with its magnificence and complexity, as emblematic of the origin and
evolution of rock art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian
Peninsula (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Four complementary techniques
–Microphotography, Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray
Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Raman Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography–Mass
Spectroscopy (GC–MS)– were combined to identify and characterise the
physicochemical properties of the paint and of the surface. We present
an interpretation of the results that leads us to define complex
taphonomic alterations beyond the usual distinction of layers that
include the surface, pigments and patinas.
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