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X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Pictograph Pigments From Toquima Cave, Central Nevada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Edwin H. McKee  and
David H. Thomas
Edwin H. McKee
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, City College, City University of New York
David H. Thomas
Affiliation:
U.S. Geological Survey, City College, City University of New York
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Abstract

X-ray diffraction analysis of red, yellow, white, and black pigments from pictographs in Toquima Cave in central Nevada reveals that gypsum was used as a binder in all colors; ocher (hematite and goethite) and carbon (charcoal) formed the coloring agents. Gypsum and ocher are not found in or near the cave, so the paint mixtures were made from ingredients found elsewhere and then transported to the site of the paintings.

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American Antiquity , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 1973 , pp. 112 - 113
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1973

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