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A comparative analysis of paints on the karakol burial slabs. / Pakhunov, A. S.; Devlet, E. G.; Molodin, V. I. et al.
In: Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia, Vol. 45, No. 3, 2017, p. 56-68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - A comparative analysis of paints on the karakol burial slabs
AU - Pakhunov, A. S.
AU - Devlet, E. G.
AU - Molodin, V. I.
AU - Lazin, B. V.
AU - Karateev, I. A.
AU - Dorovatovsky, P. V.
AU - Kaloyan, A. A.
AU - Podurets, K. M.
AU - Senin, R. A.
AU - Blagov, A. E.
AU - Yatsishina, E. B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We have analyzed paintings on six stone slabs from Bronze Age burial sites of the Karakol culture in the Altai, Karakol, and Ozernoye. Most represent anthropomorphic fi gures, depicted in a mixed technique including pecking, engraving, abrasion, and painting in various combinations. Paintings are superimposed on previously made petroglyphs, which had not initially been painted. Samples of paint were analyzed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with X-ray spectrometry, and synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Results make it possible to differentiate, using the instrumental analysis, intentional painting from natural coloration. The composition of pigments suggests that both the images and the contouring lines were made with one and the same red paint. However, while the pigment's composition is homogeneous in each burial, it differs between the burials. Paint was found not only on slabs but on human bones as well, with its color varying from light red to black. Further analysis will hopefully shed light on the Karakol burial rite.
AB - We have analyzed paintings on six stone slabs from Bronze Age burial sites of the Karakol culture in the Altai, Karakol, and Ozernoye. Most represent anthropomorphic fi gures, depicted in a mixed technique including pecking, engraving, abrasion, and painting in various combinations. Paintings are superimposed on previously made petroglyphs, which had not initially been painted. Samples of paint were analyzed using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy with X-ray spectrometry, and synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction. Results make it possible to differentiate, using the instrumental analysis, intentional painting from natural coloration. The composition of pigments suggests that both the images and the contouring lines were made with one and the same red paint. However, while the pigment's composition is homogeneous in each burial, it differs between the burials. Paint was found not only on slabs but on human bones as well, with its color varying from light red to black. Further analysis will hopefully shed light on the Karakol burial rite.
KW - Altai
KW - Bronze Age
KW - Karakol culture
KW - Paintings
KW - Petroglyphs
KW - Pigments
KW - Prehistoric art
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U2 - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.3.056-068
DO - 10.17746/1563-0110.2017.45.3.056-068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85036514113
VL - 45
SP - 56
EP - 68
JO - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
JF - Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia
SN - 1563-0110
IS - 3
ER -
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