Ceramic vessel 6-04. Cerro de las Alhabacas

Ceramic vessel from the Cerro de las Albahacas (Santo Tomé, Jaén, Spain). The site was the scene of the battle of Baécula during the 2nd Punic War (208 BC). Oxidising atmosphere. Decoration with red wavy lines and red semicircles. The red colour is manufactured using hematite (Fe2O3).

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Dimensions

: 3.2 Centimeters

: 4 Centimeters

Materials

pottery

Temporal

: Iberians, Iberian

: Late 3rd ct. BC

Spatial

: Cerro de las Albahacas

: Santo Tomé, Jaén, Spain

: WGS84

 

Copyrights

Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

References

Bellón, J. P.; Rueda, C.; Lechuga, M.A. y Moreno, Mª I. (2016): “An Archaeological analysis of a battlefield of the Second Punic War: the camps of the battle of Baecula”. Journal of Roman Archaeology, 29: 73-104.

Bellón, J. P.; Rueda, C.; Lechuga, M. A. y Molinos, M. (2016): “Archaeological methodology applied to the analysis of battlefields and military camps of the Second Punic War: Baecula”. Quaternary International · DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.021

Bellón, J. P.; Ruiz, A. Molinos, M; Rueda, C. y Gómez F. (eds.) (2015): La Segunda Guerra Púnica en la Península Ibérica. Baecula: arqueología de una batalla. Textos CAAI 7. Universidad de Jaen. Jaén.

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Activities

Archaeometric analysis

Physical chemical-analysis

Ceramic. Analysis of decoration

University of Jaen

Raman Microscopy

Mineral analysis of the red decoration

Non destructive. Surface cleaning. Sample pretreatment is not required. Direct measurement.

Micro-Raman Spectroscopy (MRS)

Renishaw ‘in via’ Reflex Spectrometer coupled with a confocal Leica DM LM microscope (CICT, University of Jaén), equipped with a diode laser (785 nm, 300 mW), and a Peltier-cooled CCD detector, calibrated to the 520.5 cm-1 line of silicon.

 

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