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CORRELATION BETWEEN SPECTRAL, SEM/EDX AND ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF MAYA BLUE: A CHEMOMETRIC STUDY*

Journal

ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 51, Issue -, Pages 1015-1034

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00453.x

Keywords

MAYA BLUE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; SEM; EDX; CHEMOMETRICS

Funding

  1. Generalitat Valenciana [GVAE06/131]
  2. MEC [CTQ2005-09339-C03-01, CTQ2005-09339-C03-02]
  3. ERDEF

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Visible spectra, composition from SEM/EDX and solid-state electrochemical data are correlated for a set of 12 Maya Blue samples from different archaeological sites of Campeche and Yucatan (Mexico). In addition to indigo and dehydroindigo, indirubin and other possibly indigo-type compounds can be detected in Maya Blue samples. Application of hierarchical cluster analysis techniques allows similarity relationships to be established between samples from different sites, confirming prior results which suggest that the preparation of Maya Blue pigment evolved with time during the Maya culture following a ramified scheme.

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