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Pigments for the dead: megalithic scenarios in southern Europe
Engravings are the main decorations found on European megaliths, whilst pigments were known only on dolmens along the northern coast of Portugal....
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Enhancing corrosion resistance in reinforced concrete structures by using innovative eco-friendly composite pigments
This is the first study to look into the use of modified feldspars as anticorrosive pigments in the coatings industry. Herein, novel anticorrosive...
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An Assessment of Marine Natural Pigments for Medicinal Potency
Marine resources are attracting a lot of interest from biologists and chemists due to their sophisticated and potent biological uses. Marine...
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Non-invasive mineral analysis of pigments of wall paintings in the Sungseonjeon Hall
Non-destructive investigations were conducted by applying various analysis methods to investigate the production period of six wall paintings of the...
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Use, symbolism, and access to red pigments based on hematite and cinnabar between 400 B.C. and A.D. 1450 in Huanchaco, a pre-Hispanic maritime community on the North Coast of Peru
In this article, we discuss the usage and availability of red pigments in the Huanchaco Maritime Community (HMC), a multi-generational group of...
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Plant Pigments and Organic Matter in the Bottom Sediments of Large Shallow Lakes in Northwestern Russia
Abstract —First data are reported on the content of plant pigments in bottom sediments of different types in the large shallow Vozhe and Lacha lakes...
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Sedimentary Pigments as Production Characteristics of the Shallow Kostromskoe Widening of the Gorky Reservoir
AbstractFirst data on the concentrations of plant pigments in the top layer of bottom sediments are given for a large, shallow, moderately overgrown...
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Pigments—copper-based greens and blues
Since antiquity, various copper-containing substances have been used as green and blue pigments. Their exceptional diversity, reflecting their...
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Pigments—Arsenic-based yellows and reds
This review offers an update on arsenic-bearing minerals and pigments with the aim of serving as a guide for the study of Cultural Heritage materials...
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Characterizing the pigments and paints of prehistoric artists
This paper offers a broad and critical overview of current discussions on the potential uses and the characterization of pigments in prehistory, with...
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Polychromy in the Atacama Desert during the Late Intermediate Period (1000–1450 AD): pigments characterization by XRF and VNIR hyperspectral images
The prehistory of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile has been constructed around certain traditional classes of objects, such as ceramics and...
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The Mineral Composition of Pigments from the Archaeological Sites of the Early Iron Age Nomads of the Southern Urals
The paper investigates the microstructure and chemical composition of ten pigment samples from the surface of six stone vessels of early nomads of...
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Pigments—Lead-based whites, reds, yellows and oranges and their alteration phases
This review summarises the state-of-the-art of lead-based pigment studies, addressing their production, trade, use and possible alteration. Other...
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An archaeometric approach to biocontamination with manganese pigments in ancient marine hunter-gatherers of the Atacama Desert: health, ideological, and socioecononic considerations
The use of poisonous pigments for mortuary preparation in ancient hunter-gatherers allows us to investigate the relationship between this practice...
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Pigments—Iron-based red, yellow, and brown ochres
Natural Fe-bearing ochres ranging in color from yellow to deep red and brown abound on earth’s crust. Quite often, ochres can be used for pigmenting...
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Not only wall paintings—pigments for cosmetics
Always very enlightening, the knowledge of the composition and production of ancient cosmetics has attracted the interest of diverse characterisation...
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Glass-based pigments in painting: smalt blue and lead–tin yellow type II
Glass-based pigments have an important role in the panorama of artistic production due to the fact that their manufacturing processes involve a...
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The ecology and bioactivity of some Greco-Roman medicinal minerals: the case of Melos earth pigments
Mineral compounds, as pigments and therapeutics, appeared regularly in the technical and medical texts of the Greco-Roman (G-R) world. We have...
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Mortars, plasters and pigments—research questions and sampling criteria
Within the Topical Collection, this paper represents an introductory contribution aimed at describing and discussing the research questions and the...
