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Non-destructive provenance differentiation of prehistoric pigments by external PIXE
Beck, Lucile; Salomon, Hélène; Lahlil, Sophia et al.
2012In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 273, p. 173–177
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Keywords :
PIXE; Prehistoric pigment; Provenance; Ochre; Petrography; Arcy-sur-Cure
Abstract :
[en] The elemental analysis of minerals/rocks has been often used for the determination of their geological origin. When these natural rocks were exploited by prehistoric civilizations as objects, weapons, or pigments, the composition of the minerals can provide information on the mobility, the exchanges and the interaction between groups of population. In this paper, we will present results obtained from archaeological samples of prehistoric pigments, mainly iron and manganese oxides. PIXE analysis has been applied to samples of the prehistoric cave “La grotte du Renne” in previous termArcynext term-previous termsurnext term-previous termCurenext term, France (Chatelperronian, 38,000–34,000 BP). Because most of the archaeological objects are decorated or display some use marks, it is not possible to take samples. Consequently, we have used a non-destructive technique thanks to the external beam of AGLAE (C2RMF, Paris). In order to improve the limits of detection (LOD less than 10 ppm from Cu to Sb), a metal absorber has been placed on the X-ray detector to preferentially filter the Fe–K or Mn–K lines. Based on the quantitative analysis of major and trace elements, we have obtained groups of compositions corresponding to different geological sources. We demonstrate in this study that it is possible to extend PIXE analysis to the characterization of prehistoric pigments such as iron and manganese oxides for differentiating potential sources of pigments in archaeological contexts.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Beck, Lucile
Salomon, Hélène ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie
Lahlil, Sophia
Lebon, Matthieu
Odin, Giliane P.
Coquinot, Yvan
Pichon, Laurent
Language :
English
Title :
Non-destructive provenance differentiation of prehistoric pigments by external PIXE
Publication date :
2012
Journal title :
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
ISSN :
0168-583X
eISSN :
1872-9584
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
273
Pages :
173–177
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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