Technical examination of some rock art pigments and encrustations from the Chumash Indian site of San Emigdio, California

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-194

  Scott, David A ^a   Scheerer, Stefanie ^b   Reeves, Daniel J ^c  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Los Angeles County Museum of Art   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GYPSUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIXTURES; PAINTING; PIGMENTS; QUARTZ; SURFACES;

BINDING MEDIA; ENCRUSTATIONS; ROCK ART PIGMENTS;

ROCKS;

EID: 0037604510     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2002.47.3.184     Document Type: Article

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