Title of article :
Characterization of Roman and Arabic Mural Paintings of the Archaeological Siteof Cercadilla (Cordoba,Spain
Author/Authors :
Ortiz, Pilar UniversidadPablodeOlavide - DepartmentofPhysical - ChemicalandNaturalSystems - CarreteradeUtreraKm1 - ES-41013Sevilla, Spain , Gil-Torrano, Andrea UniversidadPablodeOlavide - DepartmentofPhysical - ChemicalandNaturalSystems - CarreteradeUtreraKm1 - ES-41013Sevilla, Spain , Gómez-Morón, Auxiliadora UniversidadPablodeOlavide - DepartmentofPhysical - ChemicalandNaturalSystems - CarreteradeUtreraKm1 - ES-41013Sevilla, Spain , Martín, JoséMaría UniversidadPablodeOlavide - DepartmentofPhysical - ChemicalandNaturalSystems - CarreteradeUtreraKm1 - ES-41013Sevilla, Spain , Ortiz, Rocío UniversidadPablodeOlavide - DepartmentofPhysical - ChemicalandNaturalSystems - CarreteradeUtreraKm1 - ES-41013Sevilla, Spain , Santos, MªdelCaminoFuertes AndalusianAgencyofCulturalInstitutions - AndalusianCouncilofCulture - Seville, Spain
Abstract :
ThearchaeologicalsiteofCercadilla (Cordoba,Spain) includesacompletechronologicalsequencefromthe3rdto12 thcenturies. ThemostrelevantmonumentisaRomanpalacedatedbetweentheendofthe3rdcenturyandthebeginningofthe4thcenturyAD. ItisbelievedthatitwastheheadquartersoftheEmperorMaximianoHerculeo.Abathtubwithmuralpaintingshasbeenfoundinthethermalzoneofthepalace.Regardingtheoccupationofthearchaeologicalsiteinthemedievalperiod,itshouldbepointedoutthattwohouseswithmuralpaintingswerefound; thesebelongtotheCaliphalera(10th-11thcenturies). DuringtheCaliphalera,thearchaeologicalsitewasmostlyoccupiedbyoneofthelargesuburbssurroundingthewalledcity.Cercadillawasgraduallyabandoned;thisprocessstartsatthebeginningofthe11thcentury. ThisstudyisfocusedontheanalysisofpigmentsandpreparatorylayersofredandwhitemuralpaintingsoftheRomanperiodinthebathzoneandontheanalysisofpigmentsinmuralpaintingsintwohousesoftheCaliphalera.Inthethermalzone,thewallshaveawhitemuralpaintingwithverticalandhorizontalredbands,whilethewallsinthetwoCaliphalhousespresenttheredmuralpaintingdecoratedwithwhitestripes.TechniquessuchasOpticalMicroscopy (OM), ScanningElectronMicroscopyincombinationwithEnergyDispersiveX-rayMicroanalysis (SEM-EDX),X-rayDiffraction(XRD), microX-rayDiffraction (μ-XRD), WavelengthDispersiveX-ray Fluorescence (WD-XRF),andFourierTransform-InfraredSpectroscopy (FT-IR) havebeenusedtostudythemuralpaintingsofthisarchaeologicalsite. TheresultsallowedtodeterminethecompositionofthematerialsusedandtounderstandthedifferencesbetweenthetechnologiesemployedinRomanandCaliphalremainsstudied.
Keywords :
Characterization of Roman , Arabic Mural Paintings , Archaeological Site , Cordoba , Spain , Cercadilla
