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Ochre decor and Cinnabar Residues in Neolithic Pottery from Vinu{c}a, Serbia | | Ubaska B. Mioc
; Philippe Colomban
; Gérard Sagon
; M. Stojanovic
; A. Rosic
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12 Jan 2007 | | Journal: | Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 35 (2004) 843-846 | | Subject: | Materials Science | | Abstract: | The prehistoric site of Vinu{c}a, on the right bank of the River Danube, the territory of the City of Belgrade, first excavated by Dr Miloje Vasi’c; (1931-1934) provides Neolithic pottery dating back to 5200 - 4200 B.C. Shards excavated in 1998 (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts) have a yellow coating on the external (convex) and red deposit on the internal (concave) side. Raman, IR and X-ray identification prove that yellow-to-red decor deposited on the external faces of pottery is made of ochre, a mixture of hematite, quartz and phyllosilicates. Red deposit, found on some internal surfaces of a pottery, consists of cinnabar (HgS) with some quartz and phyllosilicates. This indicates that cinnabar was not used for decor but for some other purposes, preparations made in ceramic utensils. A comparison is made with the mercury ore from a Suplja Stena mine located ~ 20 km from the Vinu{c}a village. | | Source: | arXiv, cond-mat/0701286 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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