Phase and chemical composition analysis of pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics

Bogdan Constantinescu; Roxana Bugoi; Emmanuel Pantos; Dragomir Popovici

doi:10.4312/dp.34.21

Phase and chemical composition analysis of pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics

Authors

Bogdan Constantinescu ‘Horia Hulubei’ National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Bucharest
Roxana Bugoi ‘Horia Hulubei’ National Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, Bucharest
Emmanuel Pantos CCLRC, Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington
Dragomir Popovici National Museum of Romania’s History, Bucharest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.34.21

Keywords:

Cucuteni-Tripolye, ceramics, pigments, XRF, SR-XRD

Abstract

Two analytical methods – 241Am-based X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Diffraction (SR-XRD) – were used to investigate the elemental and mineralogical composition of pigments which decorate some Cucuteni Neolithic ceramic sherds. Local hematite and local calcite were the main components for red and white pigments, respectively. For black pigments, iron oxides (e.g. magnetite) were used. They were often mixed with manganese oxides (e.g. jacobsite), which originated from Iacobeni manganese minerals deposits on the Bistrita River. Taking into account the results of the experiments, several conclusions regarding manufacturing procedures employed, and potential trade routes during the Neolithic were drawn.

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Published

31.12.2007

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Constantinescu, B., Bugoi, R., Pantos, E., & Popovici, D. (2007). Phase and chemical composition analysis of pigments used in Cucuteni Neolithic painted ceramics. Documenta Praehistorica, 34, 281–288. https://doi.org/10.4312/dp.34.21

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Vol. 34 (2007)

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