The Santa María pottery of El Bolsón valley (Catamarca, Argentina): Compositional characterization and implications on the elaboration processes, ca. 1000–1600 ce. (17th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Puente, Veronica; Botta, Pablo Martín; Desimone, Paula Mariela; Ramos, Cinthia Paula; Porto Lopez, José Manuel
• Is Part Of: Archaeometry. Volume 65:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 64
• Page End: 83
• Publication Date: 2022-08-17
• Subjects: double firing process -- micro‐Raman spectroscopy -- Mössbauer spectroscopy -- Northwestern Argentina -- petrography -- pottery -- processing techniques -- scanning electron microscopy -- thermogravimetric analysis -- X‐ray diffraction; Archaeometry -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- Expertising -- Periodicals; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12810
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-813X

Abstract

Abstract: 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.