Discovery of unusual minerals in paleolithic black pigments from Lascaux (France) and Ekain (Spain)

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 882, Issue , 2007, Pages 220-222

  Chalmin, E ^a,c   Farges, F ^a,d,e   Vignaud, C ^b,f   Susini, J ^c   Menu, M ^b   Brown Jr , G E ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UMR 8235)   (France)

^g SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manganese oxides; Micro XANES; Paleolithic rock art; Pigment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947366399     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2644480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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