A database for historical pigments through handheld instrumentation
Giulia Festa, Claudia Scatigno, Maria Luisa Saladino, Francesco Armetta, Veronica Ciaramitaro, Viviana Mollica Nardo, Rosina Celeste Ponterio
Abstract:
Portable instrumentation is largely used in archaeometry for in-field measurements at museums and archaeological sites. The historic evolution of pigments is closely related to the technology developments in past cultures and provides relevant clues regarding their knowledge advancement. Here, a systematic study of 26 historical powdered pigments was carried out through a combined handheld instrumentation for X-ray Fluorescence. Chemical identification was carried out through a set of instrumentation produced by different manufacturers. Their performances are compared on the same set of samples to identify best practices for the study of historical pigments. A database of organic and inorganic pigments studied by additional techniques such as Fiber optics Reflectance spectra (FORS), Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) is under development with the aim to use it further for the interpretation of the results of real case studies.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
TC4 MetroArchaeo 2020 (ONLINE)
Title:

IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Place:
Trento, ITALY
Time:
22 October 2020 - 24 October 2020
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