@inbook{1d500d5dcc0a4a68be98123aba93a72f,
title = "Multi-analytical investigation of red pigments recovered from human burials of Vale de Barrancas 1 hypogea",
abstract = "Cultural and funerary uses of red pigments are frequently discovered in Neolithic and Chalcolithic contexts across the Iberian Peninsula. While ferric pigments (like ochre) usually indicate a locally-obtained raw material, the far less abundant cinnabar (mercury sulfide) can be used as a marker for long-distance exchange networks. Reported uses of cinnabar include metallurgy, medicine, preservative, body painting and ceramic decoration. In this study, a multi-analytical approach was taken to investigate red pigments discovered in funerary and ritual contexts from two Late Neolithic sites in the Alentejo region of Portugal - Vale de Barrancas hypogeum cemetery and the Perdigoes circular enclosure.",
keywords = "PIGMENT ANALYSES, NEOLITHIC SITE, Portugal, Raman analysis, Spectroscopy, SEM-EDS, XRD, Burial, archaeology",
author = "Lucija Soberl and Merita Dreshaj and Mafalda Costa and Jose Mirao and Christina Barrocas-Dias and Tiago Nunes and Antonio Valera",
year = "2020",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-989-98082-7-0",
series = "Era Monogr{\'a}fica",
publisher = "ERA Arqueologia S.A.",
number = "4",
pages = "91--102",
editor = "Valera, {Ant{\'o}nio Carlos} and Tiago Nunes",
booktitle = "Vale de Barrancas 1",
}