The Santa María pottery of El Bolsón valley (Catamarca, Argentina): Compositional characterization and implications on the elaboration processes, ca. 1000–1600 ce

The results obtained from the multi‐analytic compositional characterization of ceramic pastes and paints of the Santa María style, from the El Bolsón valley (Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina), are presented here. This pottery style had a wide regional distribution in Northwestern Arge...

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Published inArchaeometry Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 64 - 83
Main Authors Puente, Veronica, Botta, Pablo Martín, Desimone, Paula Mariela, Ramos, Cinthia Paula, Porto Lopez, José Manuel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2023
Subjects
double firing process
micro‐Raman spectroscopy
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Northwestern Argentina
petrography
pottery
processing techniques
scanning electron microscopy
thermogravimetric analysis
Valleys
X‐ray diffraction
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Summary:The results obtained from the multi‐analytic compositional characterization of ceramic pastes and paints of the Santa María style, from the El Bolsón valley (Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina), are presented here. This pottery style had a wide regional distribution in Northwestern Argentina between ca. 1000 and1600 ce and is characterized by its complex iconography painted in black, cream and red. The analyses show that the containers correspond to the technical tradition of using grog temper and suggest that its manufacture involved a double firing process. This reveals a new practice for the time.
Bibliography:Funding information
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Grant/Award Numbers: HUM546/17, PI2Ba; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Grant/Award Number: PICT 2015‐2595
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/arcm.12810