Presence and Applications of Bituminous Materials on the Ancient Vaccaei Culture: a Nondestructive Spectroscopic Study |
|---|
| Javier Pinto, Carlos Sanz-Minguez, A. Carmelo Prieto |
- Abstract:
- Archaeological works in the necropolis associated to the Vaccaei city-state of Pintia (Valladolid, Spain) have revealed a particularity of this culture (S. IV-I BC). A large set of bituminous objects have been found in enclosed funerary sets well contextualized. This material was first identified shaping spheres related to the Vaccaei burial rituals, a characteristic without archaeological precedents in the Iberian Peninsula. However, recent findings demonstrate a wider use of bitumen in the Vaccaei culture, being employed in the sealing of graves, as well as to fabricate daily life utensils. Nevertheless, this apparently high availability of bitumen contrasts with the absence of known natural bitumen sources in the Vaccaei territory. This work studied these bituminous samples using spectroscopic techniques. Their dynamic vibrational features were identified to determine if they were related to their potential use or age, as well as obtained, or not, from a unique source.
- Download:
- IMEKO-TC4-METROARCHAEO-2019-100.pdf
- DOI:
- -
- Event details
- IMEKO TC:
- TC4
- Event name:
- TC4 MetroArchaeo 2019
- Title:
IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
- Place:
- Florence, ITALY
- Time:
- 04 December 2019 - 06 December 2019