Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 4073-4082Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.017
Keywords
Beeswax; Ethiopia; Micro-Raman spectroscopy; Rock art pigments
Funding
- Rupscience Project FCT [PTDC/HIS-ARQ/101299/2008]
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In this paper we present results on the rock art painting materials from the Gode Roriso rock shelter, located in the eastern Hararghe region of Ethiopia. This analysis included X-microfluorescence, Micro-Raman spectroscopy and microstratigraphy. As far as the results of the analysis are concerned, a white natural wax (beeswax), carbon black and iron oxides (a mixture of haematite and magnetite) along with charcoal particles (forming as a red colourant) have been applied on a natural substrate constituted of granite containing feldspar crystalline forms. Although very much a science-based piece of research, the results have far-reaching outcomes for understanding the sequencing of pigment application. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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