Analysis of prehispanic pigments from "Templo Mayor" of Mexico city

Authors
Ortega, M Ascencio, JA San-German, CM Fernandez, ME Lopez, L Jose-Yacaman, M
Citation
M. Ortega et al., Analysis of prehispanic pigments from "Templo Mayor" of Mexico city, J MATER SCI, 36(3), 2001, pp. 751-756
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00222461 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
751 - 756
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2461(200102)36:3<751:AOPPF">2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
The application of modern electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction techniq ues to the study of ancient pigments has proved to be very useful. In the p resent work we report the study of pigments from Mexica (Aztec) culture whi ch developed in Central Mexico from 1325-1521 AD; we study the blue, ochre, red and black pigments. We found in the most cases the paints were made of a clay substrate that contained metal particles such as Fe, Ti, Mn and Zn, in different phases. This technology was found similar to that of earlier mesoamerican cultures. (C) 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.