Characterization of an ancient 'chemical' preparation: Pigments and drugs in medieval Islamic Spain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3350-3357

  Pérez Arantegui, Josefina ^a   Ribechini, Erika ^b   Colombini, Maria Perla ^b   Escudero, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Section of Archaeology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fig; Ink; Islamic; Medicine; Orpiment; Pigment; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CERAMICS; DRUG; GYPSUM; MEDICINE; PIGMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

SPAIN;

VITACEAE;

EID: 84860395967     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.07.021     Document Type: Article

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