Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach

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Tascon, Marcos; Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa; Gheco, Lucas Ignacio; Gastaldi, Marcos Roman; Quesada, Marcos Nicolás; Marte, Fernando Daniel
Año de publicación
2016
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Samples of prehispanic rock art from Oyola's archaeological site, near the city of Catamarca, Argentina have been analyzed using micro-Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDS and BSD, and optical microscopy. These samples are representative of diverse figures and non-painted surface of one of the caves at the site: Oyola 7. The pigments employed in the rock art were fully characterized. The red colors are confirmed to be red ochre (hematite) and clay. White areas of the painting have been identified as gypsum whereas black pigment is attributed to graphite. In addition, it was demonstrated that all the samples analyzed, including underlying strata, contain large amounts of calcium oxalate as the mineral whewellite. Because of the distribution along the sample, it was conclude that the presence of this compound is due to biodeterioration produced by microorganisms, fungi, algae or lichens. Moreover, a methodology to differentiate black painting layers from carbon deposition layers from bonfires and to characterize them is presented. These results have a great impact in both chemical and archaeological sciences because allow an interdisciplinary approach bringing relevant information about relative and absolute dating. Finally, the information collected with this methodology establish a sound basis to develop complementary studies between the wall and painting stratigraphies with archaeological excavations resulting in a new and fundamental tool henceforth.
Fil: Tascon, Marcos. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina
Fil: Gheco, Lucas Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; Argentina
Fil: Gastaldi, Marcos Roman. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Quesada, Marcos Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; Argentina
Fil: Marte, Fernando Daniel. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Carbonization Layers
Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
Pigment
Rock Art
Scanning Electron Microscopy
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spelling Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approachTascon, MarcosMastrangelo, Noemi ElisaGheco, Lucas IgnacioGastaldi, Marcos RomanQuesada, Marcos NicolásMarte, Fernando DanielCarbonization LayersMicro-Raman SpectroscopyPigmentRock ArtScanning Electron Microscopyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6Samples of prehispanic rock art from Oyola's archaeological site, near the city of Catamarca, Argentina have been analyzed using micro-Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDS and BSD, and optical microscopy. These samples are representative of diverse figures and non-painted surface of one of the caves at the site: Oyola 7. The pigments employed in the rock art were fully characterized. The red colors are confirmed to be red ochre (hematite) and clay. White areas of the painting have been identified as gypsum whereas black pigment is attributed to graphite. In addition, it was demonstrated that all the samples analyzed, including underlying strata, contain large amounts of calcium oxalate as the mineral whewellite. Because of the distribution along the sample, it was conclude that the presence of this compound is due to biodeterioration produced by microorganisms, fungi, algae or lichens. Moreover, a methodology to differentiate black painting layers from carbon deposition layers from bonfires and to characterize them is presented. These results have a great impact in both chemical and archaeological sciences because allow an interdisciplinary approach bringing relevant information about relative and absolute dating. Finally, the information collected with this methodology establish a sound basis to develop complementary studies between the wall and painting stratigraphies with archaeological excavations resulting in a new and fundamental tool henceforth.Fil: Tascon, Marcos. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; ArgentinaFil: Gheco, Lucas Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; ArgentinaFil: Gastaldi, Marcos Roman. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; ArgentinaFil: Quesada, Marcos Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; ArgentinaFil: Marte, Fernando Daniel. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier Science2016-11info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/52418Tascon, Marcos; Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa; Gheco, Lucas Ignacio; Gastaldi, Marcos Roman; Quesada, Marcos Nicolás; et al.; Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach ; Elsevier Science; Microchemical Journal; 129; 11-2016; 297-3040026-265XCONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.microc.2016.07.003info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0026265X16301394info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T14:47:37Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/52418instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 14:47:37.699CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
title Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
spellingShingle Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
Tascon, Marcos
Carbonization Layers
Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
Pigment
Rock Art
Scanning Electron Microscopy
title_short Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
title_full Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
title_fullStr Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
title_full_unstemmed Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
title_sort Micro-spectroscopic analysis of pigments and carbonization layers on prehispanic rock art at the Oyola's caves, Argentina, using a stratigraphic approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tascon, Marcos
Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa
Gheco, Lucas Ignacio
Gastaldi, Marcos Roman
Quesada, Marcos Nicolás
Marte, Fernando Daniel
author Tascon, Marcos
author_facet Tascon, Marcos
Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa
Gheco, Lucas Ignacio
Gastaldi, Marcos Roman
Quesada, Marcos Nicolás
Marte, Fernando Daniel
author_role author
author2 Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa
Gheco, Lucas Ignacio
Gastaldi, Marcos Roman
Quesada, Marcos Nicolás
Marte, Fernando Daniel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Carbonization Layers
Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
Pigment
Rock Art
Scanning Electron Microscopy
topic Carbonization Layers
Micro-Raman Spectroscopy
Pigment
Rock Art
Scanning Electron Microscopy
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Samples of prehispanic rock art from Oyola's archaeological site, near the city of Catamarca, Argentina have been analyzed using micro-Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDS and BSD, and optical microscopy. These samples are representative of diverse figures and non-painted surface of one of the caves at the site: Oyola 7. The pigments employed in the rock art were fully characterized. The red colors are confirmed to be red ochre (hematite) and clay. White areas of the painting have been identified as gypsum whereas black pigment is attributed to graphite. In addition, it was demonstrated that all the samples analyzed, including underlying strata, contain large amounts of calcium oxalate as the mineral whewellite. Because of the distribution along the sample, it was conclude that the presence of this compound is due to biodeterioration produced by microorganisms, fungi, algae or lichens. Moreover, a methodology to differentiate black painting layers from carbon deposition layers from bonfires and to characterize them is presented. These results have a great impact in both chemical and archaeological sciences because allow an interdisciplinary approach bringing relevant information about relative and absolute dating. Finally, the information collected with this methodology establish a sound basis to develop complementary studies between the wall and painting stratigraphies with archaeological excavations resulting in a new and fundamental tool henceforth.
Fil: Tascon, Marcos. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Mastrangelo, Noemi Elisa. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina
Fil: Gheco, Lucas Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; Argentina
Fil: Gastaldi, Marcos Roman. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Instituto de Antropología de Córdoba; Argentina
Fil: Quesada, Marcos Nicolás. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Catamarca; Argentina
Fil: Marte, Fernando Daniel. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigaciones sobre el Patrimonio Cultural; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Samples of prehispanic rock art from Oyola's archaeological site, near the city of Catamarca, Argentina have been analyzed using micro-Raman spectroscopy, SEM-EDS and BSD, and optical microscopy. These samples are representative of diverse figures and non-painted surface of one of the caves at the site: Oyola 7. The pigments employed in the rock art were fully characterized. The red colors are confirmed to be red ochre (hematite) and clay. White areas of the painting have been identified as gypsum whereas black pigment is attributed to graphite. In addition, it was demonstrated that all the samples analyzed, including underlying strata, contain large amounts of calcium oxalate as the mineral whewellite. Because of the distribution along the sample, it was conclude that the presence of this compound is due to biodeterioration produced by microorganisms, fungi, algae or lichens. Moreover, a methodology to differentiate black painting layers from carbon deposition layers from bonfires and to characterize them is presented. These results have a great impact in both chemical and archaeological sciences because allow an interdisciplinary approach bringing relevant information about relative and absolute dating. Finally, the information collected with this methodology establish a sound basis to develop complementary studies between the wall and painting stratigraphies with archaeological excavations resulting in a new and fundamental tool henceforth.
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