Moving sources: A preliminary study of volcanic glass artifact distributions in northeast China using PXRF

Jia, Peter Weiming; Doelman, Trudy; Chen, Chuanjia; Zhao, Hailong; Lin, Sam C.; Torrence, Robin; Glascock, Michael D.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.027

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“…The use of portable XRF in pigment analysis is becoming increasingly widespread in the analysis of archaeological materials including lithics, ceramics, glass, metallurgy and pigments obsidian (Barker et al, 2015;Craig et al, 2007;Jia et al, 2010;Nazaroff et al, 2010), lithics (Williams-Thorpe et al, 1999; Jones, G.…”

Section: Portable X-ray Fluorescencementioning

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Emigdiano Blues: The California Indigenous Pigment Palette and an In Situ Analysis of an Exotic Colour

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Abstract:The Native inhabitants of South Central California produced rock art containing red, orange, black, white, green and blue colours using a range of mineral and organic materials. Many of these same colours were used on material culture and body painting. This paper focuses on a sub-group of the Chumash, called the Emigdiano, who produced an enigmatic blue colour used in the creation of rock art. Here, we focus on the blue pigment at the rock shelter site of Three Springs in the Wind Wolves Preserve in South Central California. The composition of blue pigments has previously been the focus of discussion with suggestions that they were produced either using European pigments taken from Spanish missions, or that azurite from a local quarry was the source. Previous experimental work had demonstrated that it was possible for the blue to be produced from locally available azurite. Here we present the in situ analyses of these enigmatic blue pigments using handheld X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF). Results from pXRF analysis of rock art, quarried azurite samples and experimental rock art reconstructions showed that the Emigdiano Blue at Three Springs were not azurite based and was composed of optical blue (a mixture of black and white or grey materials which mimic the appearance of blue). This paper discusses the surprising implications of the use, given the availability of a 'true' blue pigment, and the wider ontological importance of combining multiple colours to produce the effect of blue in a rock art panel.

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Section: Portable X-ray Fluorescencementioning

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Emigdiano Blues: The California Indigenous Pigment Palette and an In Situ Analysis of an Exotic Colour

2018

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“…11,800 BP in Primorye [Maritime] Province of the Russian Far East (Warashina et al 1998;Kuzmin 2006), and ca. 10,000-15,000 BP (approximate age) in Manchuria (Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in Northeast China) (Jia et al 2010). The second most abundant source of obsidian is the Basaltic Plateau in southern Primorye Province ( Figure 3).…”

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“…Previously, it was known from archaeological contexts only in Primorye (e.g. Kuzmin et al 2002a), but it was subsequently identified at some sites in the neighbouring Amur River basin (Glascock et al 2011) and Manchuria (Jia et al 2010). The age of the earliest sites where this obsidian was utilised is ca.…”

Section: Long-distance Prehistoric Exchange Of Obsidian In Mainland Nmentioning

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“…Major obsidian sources in Northeast Asia (after Kuzmin 2006(after Kuzmin , 2010. Kuzmin 2006Kuzmin , 2010Kim et al 2007;Jia et al 2010 have very large distribution networks (Figure 4) covering Hokkaido and neighbouring islands north and west of it (Sakhalin and the Kuriles, Kuzmin and Glascock 2007;Phillips 2010), and regions east of it (Amur River basin) (Glascock et al 2011). Around 18,000 BP, Hokkaido obsidian was transported to the southern part of neighbouring Sakhalin Island, about 250 km away from the sources.…”

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Long-Distance Obsidian Transport in Prehistoric Northeast Asia

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2013

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“…Sin embargo, durante más de cinco años, tenemos resultados importantes de investigaciones de obsidiana y cerámica con instrumentos portátiles (Williams- Thorpe et al 1999;Jia et al 2010;Forster et al 2011;Sheppard et al 2011;Speakman et al 2011;Goodale et al 2012;Mitchell et al 2012;Frahm 2013;. Estos estudios mostraron que el FRXp ha podido identificar los mismos agrupamientos que otros métodos (a veces con distintos elementos diagnósticos), y que estos grupos tienen valor arqueológico interpretativo, que la consistencia interna de los instrumentos ofrece un nivel importante de confiabilidad en los datos y, como ya veremos, el uso de estándares demuestra que FRX portátil puede confirmar resultados precisos obtenidos con otros instrumentos.…”

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Relaciones Cerámicas Y Sociales Entre San Pedro De Atacama Y El Loa Superior Durante El Período Intermedio Tardío a Través Del Análisis De Fluorescencia De Rayos X Portátil

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Moving sources: A preliminary study of volcanic glass artifact distributions in northeast China using PXRF

Cited by 60 publications

References 14 publications

Emigdiano Blues: The California Indigenous Pigment Palette and an In Situ Analysis of an Exotic Colour

Emigdiano Blues: The California Indigenous Pigment Palette and an In Situ Analysis of an Exotic Colour

Long-Distance Obsidian Transport in Prehistoric Northeast Asia

Relaciones Cerámicas Y Sociales Entre San Pedro De Atacama Y El Loa Superior Durante El Período Intermedio Tardío a Través Del Análisis De Fluorescencia De Rayos X Portátil

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