PIXE analysis on Maya blue in Prehispanic and colonial mural paintings
✍ Scribed by M. Sánchez del Río; P. Martinetto; C. Solís; C. Reyes-Valerio
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 206 KB
- Volume
- 249
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-583X
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✦ Synopsis
Particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) experiments have been carried out at the AGLAE facility (Paris) on several mural samples containing Maya blue from different Prehispanic archaeological sites (Cacaxtla, El Tajı ´n, Tamuin, Santa Cecilia Acatitla ´n) and from several colonial convents in the Mexican plateau (Jiutepec, Totimehuaca ´n, Tezontepec and Cuauhtincha ´n). The analysis of the concentration of several elements permitted to extract some information on the technique used for painting the mural, usually fresco. Principal component analysis permitted to classify the samples into groups. This grouping is discussed in relation to geographic and historic data.