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Atacamite pigment at Tell Abraq in the early Iron Age |
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| Authors: | R THOMAS DT POTTS |
| Institution: | Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Western Sydney and School of Archaeology, University of Sydney |
| Abstract: | X-ray powder diffraction analysis identified a concentration of green pigment in a shell from Tell Abraq as the copper mineral atacamite. The use of atacamite as a pigment in the ancient world is discussed. |
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