Artificial or natural origin of hematite-based red pigments in archaeological contexts: The case of riparo dalmeri (trento, italy)

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-962

  Gialanella, S ^a   Belli, R ^a,b   Dalmeri, G ^c   Lonardelli, I ^a   Mattarelli, M ^a   Montagna, M ^a   Toniutti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Goethite; Hematite; Hide; Leather; Ochre; Palaeolithic; Prehistoric paintings; Raman spectroscopy; Red pigments; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GOETHITE; HEMATITE; PALEOLITHIC; PIGMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 80052535982     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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