Ferruginous red micro-artefacts as a source of archaeological information: a study of selected Palaeolithic sites and experimental research

• Authors: Joanna Trąbska

Title variants

PL

Czerwone proszki żelaziste jako źródło informacji archeologicznej —na podstawie wybranych stanowisk paleolitycznych i badań eksperymentalnych

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

Red, cherry, orange, yellow and pink ferruginous powders have long been observed on Palaeolithic sites along with solid objects of similar material, which used to be labelled as “ochre” or “haematite”. Artefacts below 5 mm in size can carry abundant information on their provenance and processing (mixing with binders, heating, manufacturing with bone and flint tools, rubbing). Powders from selected Palaeolithic sites (Dzierżysław-35,Wierzawice, Michałów-Piaska, Klissoura, Gönnersdorf, Dolní Vĕstonice, Stadice, Monruz) were examined with X-ray diffraction, scanning microscopy, micro-chemical analysis, Raman spectroscopy and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. A database of raw materials and archaeological ferruginous objects is under construction

Keywords

EN

hematite; ochre; provenance; processing; Palaeolithic; research; archaeometry; SEM/EDS; XRD,; Raman spectroscopy,; FTIR

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 64
• Pages: 17-62

Contributors

author

Joanna Trąbska

• Archaeology, Rzeszów University, Hoffmanowej st. 8, 35-016 Rzeszów, Poland