RT Journal Article
T1 The occurrence of palygorskite in the Yucatán peninsula: Ethno-historic and archaeological contexts.
A1 Sánchez del Río, Manuel
A1 Súarez Barrios, Mercedes
A1 García Romero, Emilia
AB Palygorskite is a rare clay mineral used by the ancient Mayas for fabricating the Maya bluepigment and for other purposes. It seems to have been obtained from a restricted area inthe Yucatán peninsula where important archaeological sites are found. Geological samplesfrom different localities in this area show a high content in palygorskite, indicating that thisclay is widespread in Yucatán. Combining structural, morphological, compositional andgeochemical methods, we analysed the common characteristics of Yucatecan palygorskites,and compared them with palygorskites from other origins around the world. These resultscan be used for defining a fingerprint of Yucatecan palygorskite to be used in provenancestudies of archaeological artefacts, in particular the Maya blue pigment.
PB Blackwell
SN 1475-4754
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49752
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/49752
LA eng
NO The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025