Central petén blue pigment: A maya blue source outside of Yucatán, México

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• 作者：Leslie G. Cecil
• 关键词：Maya Blue ; Chemical analysis ; Central Pet&#xe9 ; n Guatemala ; Postclassic Maya
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：May 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：37
• 期：5
• 页码：1006-1019
• 全文大小：1059 K

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Much of the research on Maya Blue has focused on locating palygorskite sources in northern Yucatán, México. To that end, Arnold et al. (2007) reported seven discriminate source mineral locations for palygorskite used in the manufacture of Maya Blue. Recently, a blue pigment was excavated from the archaeological site of Ixlú, El Petén, Guatemala and LA-ICP-MS and INAA analyses were conducted to determine if the pigment had the traditional Maya Blue structure and if it was from one of the seven mineral sources in México. Geochemical analyses demonstrate that the Ixlú pigment has the traditional Maya Blue structure, but it was manufactured from clays in central Petén, Guatemala. These new data suggest that the knowledge of Maya Blue manufacture was transferred and not the actual pigment and they reveal another source for Maya Blue manufacture outside of the Yucatán peninsula.