• 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

  • Pages
    5
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    1
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    5
  • 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
  • Journal title
    Scanning
  • Serial Year
    2019
  • Full Text URL
    downloads.hindawi.com/journals/scanning/2019/3578083.pdf
  • Record number

    2613413

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