Ceramic vessel 5 close to grave 233. Cemetery of La Noria.

Ceramic vessel 5 close to grave 233 (burial mound H) of the Iberian cemetery of La Noria (Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain). Oxidising atmosphere. The red decoration is manufactured using hematite (Fe2O3).
The origin of the black color is an oxide of manganese identified by MRS as jacobsite (MnFe2O4), bixbyite (Mn2O3) and/or hausmannite (Mn3O4). The presence of bixbyite and/or hausmannite would be a consequence of the transformation of the most common manganese ore, pyrolusite, when the firing temperature exceeds 450ºC and remains below 900ºC.
The appearance of Jacobsita would mean that the firing temperature has reached 900 °C and that the transformation of all types of manganese oxides into jacobsite is beginning.

Condition: New product

Dimensions

Ancho : 6 Centimeters

Alto : 4 Centimeters

Materials

pottery

Temporal

Period name : Iberians, Iberian

Date : Late 6th ct. B.C.-early 5th ct. B.C.

Spatial

Location : Cemetery of La Noria

Geopolitical area : Fuente de Piedra, Málaga, Spain

Spatial reference system : WGS84

Copyrights

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References

Legal document - Resolución de 18 de noviembre de 2008, de la Dirección General de Bienes Culturales, por la que se incoa el procedimiento para la inscripción en el Catálogo General del Patrimonio Histórico Andaluz, como Bien de Interés Cultural, con la tipología de Zona Arqueológica, la necrópolis protohistórica de La Noria, en Fuente de Piedra, Málaga.

Article - Andrino, M., Sánchez, P. J., Cumpían, A. y López, S. (2008):“Una necrópolis de incineración de las etapas iniciales de la Edad del Hierro en la comarca de Antequera. Resultados de la intervención arqueológica de urgencia en la parcela ur-6, Fuente de Piedra, Málaga”. Varia, 9. 359-378.

Digital Resources

Photo ceramic vessel 5 close to grave 233

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Raman spectrum of the black decoration. Vessel 5 close to grave 233.

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Raman spectrum of the red decoration. Vessel 5 close to grave 233.

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3D model. Burial mound H.

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Raman spectrum of the black decoration. Vessel 5 close to grave 233.

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Photo of the cemetery of La Noria with location of burial mounds

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Activities

Archaeometric analysis

Physical-chemical analysis

Ceramic. Analysis of decoration.

University Research Center for Iberian Archaeology

Raman Microscopy

Mineral analysis of the red and black decoration.

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

Micro-Raman Spectroscopy

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.