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Mineralogical Approaches to Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Materials

A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 2104

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Prof. Dr. Adrián Durán Benito

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Departamento de Química, Universidad de Navarra, 31009 Pamplona, Spain
Interests: cultural heritage; materials science
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Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue of Minerals, we would like to gather papers that show the potential of mineralogical studies (e.g., petrography, mineral geochemistry, X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, spectroscopy) to approach the composition of a wide diversity of archaeological materials such as ceramics, metals, pigments, stone artifacts, and sediments. The main objective is to demonstrate that the mineralogical characterization of these artifacts is crucial to address aspects related to the origin of the raw materials used in their manufacture and the technological processes applied by craftspeople.

This Special Issue is wide open to all those researchers who want to delve into the role of mineralogical analyses in the characterization of materiality. Therefore, works that develop methodological approaches; compositional analysis of artifacts; studies of the physical properties provided by minerals; and, of course, studies focused on interpreting the social and symbolic roles that minerals play in both ancient and contemporary human societies will be welcome.

Prof. Dr. Adrián Durán Benito
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • archaeometry
  • ceramics
  • glazes
  • metals
  • sediments
  • stone
  • pigments
  • mineralogy
  • petrography
  • geochemistry

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Spectroscopic Identification of Mineral Pigments in White Decorated Prehistoric Pottery from Bulgaria
by Vani Tankova, Victoria Atanassova, Valentin Mihailov and Angelina Pirovska
Minerals 2024, 14(7), 683; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14070683 - 29 Jun 2024
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In the prehistoric period on the Balkan Peninsula, the technology of white decoration underwent a drastic change. At the beginning of the Neolithic white pigment was applied as paint on a polished surface. At the end of the epoch, white paste was inlaid [...] Read more.
In the prehistoric period on the Balkan Peninsula, the technology of white decoration underwent a drastic change. At the beginning of the Neolithic white pigment was applied as paint on a polished surface. At the end of the epoch, white paste was inlaid in incised channels on the surfaces of vessels. This study is focused on the identification of mineral pigments used for white decoration of Neolithic and Chalcolithic pottery from the territory of Bulgaria. The aim of this work is to answer the question of whether the composition of the white pigment varies according to the technique of decoration (paint and inlay). A set of 41 pottery fragments from 11 archaeological sites on the territory of Bulgaria was analyzed utilizing two spectroscopic techniques: laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Additionally, the experimental data from the LIBS were statistically treated with the multivariate technique, principal component analysis (PCA). The results from the spectral analysis indicated that the main constituent in the white decorated sherds is calcite in various combinations with carrier materials like quartz, feldspars, and metal oxides. The statistical analysis revealed that the primal constituent in the inlaid sherds is calcite while in the painted part, the carrier material is dominant. In some particular sherds, gypsum, hydroxylapatite, kaolinite, and aragonite were also detected. Full article
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Revealing Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera’s Artworks: The Case of the Polychrome of a Stone-Carved Sculpture from the Madre de Dios Convent Façade in Seville
by José Luis Pérez-Rodríguez, María Dolores Robador, Garbiñe Larrea and Adrián Durán
Minerals 2024, 14(3), 225; https://doi.org/10.3390/min14030225 - 23 Feb 2024
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The entrance of the Madre de Dios convent in Seville was carved in stone by Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera, an important sculptor who made great artistic productions, highlighting his carvings in wood and stone. Several studies have been carried out [...] Read more.
The entrance of the Madre de Dios convent in Seville was carved in stone by Juan de Oviedo y de la Bandera, an important sculptor who made great artistic productions, highlighting his carvings in wood and stone. Several studies have been carried out on the carvings in wood, but no interest has been paid by experts to the carving pieces in stone. In this work, this polychrome made on stone around 1590 was studied for the first time. Micro-samples were taken and studied using micro-analytical techniques (optical microscopy, SEM-EDX, colourimetry, XRD, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy). The pigments (smalt, atacamite, malachite, copper resinate, cinnabar, red earth, yellow ochre, carbon, and bone black) and the consolidation product (acrylic resin, very possibly Paraloid B72) were characterized. The experimental study indicated that the polychrome was applied on a layer of white lead (cerussite and hydrocerussite) that was laid on the substrate stone, constituted by calcarenite. This study also includes a comprehensive discussion on the use of these materials and techniques in other artworks within Seville’s cultural heritage. Full article
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