American archaeologists from the Natural History History Museum in Chicago found a new, unknown way to create a blue pigment of the Mayan civilization – unknown way – unique paint that did not reduce thousands of years. The opening was presented annually collection American Archeology Association (SAA).
In 2008, anthropologist Dean Arnold first revealed a recipe for creating a pigment: Indigo mixture, Pallgorskite clay mineral and sacred kopal incense heated to fire.
However, a new study of 12 ritual bowls from the city of Ancient Maya Chichen-iize showed an alternative method.
Microscopic analysis revealed wet grinding agents of pallgorskit, residues of charred plant stems, and signs of heating from below. This shows another technological process.
Maya used a blue pigment to paint ceramic and in sacrifice rituals for the blackmail of the rain. Special color resistance and complex production technology showed its sacred value. Probably, the paint recipe was only known in a narrow priest circle.
In the future, scientists will have to define plant species used in an alternative recipe and solve the full symbolic meaning of the pigment.
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Source: Gazeta
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