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Relative Dating of The Stucco Relieves at Palenque, Chiapas, Based on Variation in Material Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Mercedes Villegas  and
Ximena Vázquez
Mercedes Villegas
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografia, INAH, D. Ríos, L. Baños, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, D. Magaloni, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM
Ximena Vázquez
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografia, INAH, D. Ríos, L. Baños, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, D. Magaloni, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM
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Abstract

Over 103 samples of stucco reliefs from the archaeological site of Palenque, Chiapas were studied by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry, in order to characterize the constituent materials and the techniques employed to make the lime plasters.

The results lead us to propose a sequence for the execution of the reliefs based on technological differences in the preparation of the plasters located in buildings belonging to different periods.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 469
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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