New evidence for the use of cinnabar as a colouring pigment in the Vinča culture

Gajić-Kvaščev, Maja; Stojanović, Milica Marić; Šmit, Ž.; Kantarelou, V.; Karydas, A. G.; Šljivar, Dušan; Milovanović, Dragan; Andrić, Velibor

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“…; Gajić‐Kvaščev et al . ). Likewise, in the New World, the use and geological origin of cinnabar in Mesoamerica and in the south‐central Andes has been widely reported (Prol‐Ledesma et al .…”

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“…For example, in the Old World, its use has been reported in Roman architecture and art (Cotte et al 2006) and also in human remains and artefacts from the Neolithic/Chalcolithic (5400-4100 BP) period of the Iberian Peninsula (Hunt-Ortiz et al 2011;Domingo et al 2012;Emslie et al 2015). Equally, early use in Serbia and traditional medicine in China and India have been described (Liu et al 2008;Gajić-Kvaščev et al 2012). Likewise, in the New World, the use and geological origin of cinnabar in Mesoamerica and in the south-central Andes has been widely reported (Prol-Ledesma et al 2002;Cooke et al 2009;Ávila et al 2014;Prieto et al 2016).…”

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Toxic Pigment in aCapacochaBurial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile

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We report on the analysis of a red pigment found in a lavish Inca burial from Cerro Esmeralda, Chile, associated with the human sacrifice of two young girls. The outcome shows that the red pigment is mainly cinnabar, with 95% of HgS content. Cinnabar is rarely found in the archaeological record of Chile. Thus, we propose that our results are another line of evidence supporting Iquique's Cerro Esmeralda inhumation as a unique Inca ritual. It was a special lower‐elevation capacocha burial, most probably undertaken to politically and symbolically incorporate the coastal people into the Tawantinsuyo Empire.

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Toxic Pigment in aCapacochaBurial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile

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“…A red filling precipitate with a ceramic container could be exposed in 1927 at Plocnik. It is also originated in the direction of high cinnabar percentage, likely but not conclusively mine from Sulpha Sterna [40].…”

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New insights and rethinking of cinnabar for chemical and its pharmacological dynamics

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Cinnabar is an attractive mineral with many different uses. It is reported that cinnabar is one of the traditional Chinese's medicines extensively use. The main objective of this critical review is to identify the current overview, concept and chemistry of cinnabar, which includes the process developments, challenges, and diverse options for pharmacology research. It is used as a medicine through probable toxicity, especially when taking overdoes. This review is the first to describe the toxicological effects of cinnabar and its associated compounds. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) dependent metabolomics could be useful for examination of the pharmaceutical consequence. The analysis indicated that the accurate preparation methods, appropriate doses, disease status, ages with drug combinations are significant factors for impacting the cinnabar toxicity. Toxicologically, synthetic mercury sulfide or cinnabar should be notable for mercuric chloride, mercury vapor and methyl mercury for future protection and need several prominent advancements in cinnabar research. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…From its beginning in the 1970s, ion beam analysis (IBA) techniques have been successfully applied to study historical and cultural objects; and since the 1990s they have been systematically used for material analysis (e.g., Ruvalcaba-Sil and Demortier 1997;Neelmeijer et al 2000;Olsson et al 2001;Ruvalcaba-Sil 2005;Hall 2006; Rizzuto et al 2007Rizzuto et al , 2014Rivero-Torres et al 2008;Abd El Aal et al 2009;Grassi et al 2009;Poupeau et al 2010;Lima et al 2011;Gajić-Kvaščev et al 2012;Ikeoka et al 2013;Šmit et al 2013;Calligaro et al 2015;Pappalardo et al 2015Pappalardo et al , 2016Santos et al 2015;Dasari et al 2017). Nowadays, the advances in the characterization methodologies are centred in their application to areas with specific limitations, such as archaeometry.…”

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Chemical and mineralogical characterization of Aguada Portezuelo pottery from Catamarca, north‐western Argentina: PIXE, XRD and SEM‐EDS studies applied to surface pre‐ and post‐firing paints, slips and pastes

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Particle‐induced X‐ray emission (PIXE), X‐ray diffraction (XRD), electron microprobe analysis (EDS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analytical techniques were used to characterize surface paints in pre‐ and post‐fired Aguada Portezuelo decorated pottery. Surface paintings in black, white, red, brown, burgundy and ochre were analysed. Major, minor and trace elements were detected by PIXE, whereas XRD and SEM‐EDS gave information on the main mineral phases and the characteristic morphology for each analysed pigment. The results obtained indicate that the main colour groups can be easily discriminated by PIXE, and they are characterized by only one pigment for each colour: hematite (red) and manganese mineral oxides (black), respectively, whereas white pigments are characterized by calcite, ghelenite and gypsum.

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New evidence for the use of cinnabar as a colouring pigment in the Vinča culture

Cited by 39 publications

References 10 publications

Toxic Pigment in aCapacochaBurial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile

Toxic Pigment in aCapacochaBurial: Instrumental Identification of Cinnabar in Inca Human Remains from Iquique, Chile

New insights and rethinking of cinnabar for chemical and its pharmacological dynamics

Chemical and mineralogical characterization of Aguada Portezuelo pottery from Catamarca, north‐western Argentina: PIXE, XRD and SEM‐EDS studies applied to surface pre‐ and post‐firing paints, slips and pastes

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