Petrology and Geochemistry of Late Intermediate Period Ceramics,Southern Peru |
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Authors: | D B Oestreich U A Glasmacher M Reindel H Otten J Isla Cuadrado |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Earth Sciences, Ruprecht‐Karls‐University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;2. German Archaeological Institute, Commission for Archaeology of Non‐European Cultures (KAAK), Bonn, Germany;3. Instituto Andino de Estudios Arqueológicos (INDEA), Jesús María, Lima 11, Peru |
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Abstract: | Multiple petrological and geochemical analytical techniques revealed significant similarities in element and mineral distribution between the 47 ceramic samples from Chillo (southern coast, Peru), a Late Intermediate Period (ad 1000–1400) archaeological site. The similarity indicates a common raw material source. The analytical results of Holocene fluvial sediment samples, Cretaceous clay layers and fired and non‐fired bricks, only eliminated the Cretaceous clay layers as a potential source material. Applying Raman spectroscopy, the red and violet colour of the slip is due to hematite, the yellow colour to a mixture of hematite, graphite and gypsum, and the black colour is either graphite or jacobsite. |
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Keywords: | Ceramic Petrography Material Analysis Late Intermediate Period Southern Peru |
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