Characterization of color and composition in chert for grouping and comparison

Authors

María De Uribe-Zorita¹ , Pedro Álvarez- Lloret¹ , Silvia Bottura² , Celia Marcos¹

1. Faculty of Geology, University of Oviedo, Spain
2. HERCULES Laboratory, Évora, Portugal

Conference / event

Meeting of the Spanish Society of Mineralogy, SEM23, June 2023 (Madríd, Spain)

Poster summary

Color is one of the most commonly used characteristics in archaeological studies to differentiate and describe chert. In this study we have quantified color parameters and analyzed their correlation with chemical composition in a collection of chert from different outcrops.

Keywords

Chert, Color, Reflectances, CIELab, SPSS

Research areas

Earth Sciences, Material Sciences

References

1. Luedtke, B.E. (1992). An Archaeologist's Guide to Chert and Flint. Archaeological Research Tools 7. Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles.
2. Frederick, C.D.; Ringstaff, C. (1994). Lithic resources at Fort Hood: Further investigations. In: W.N. Trierweiler (Ed.), Archaeological Investigations on 571 Prehistoric Sites at Fort Hood, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas. Mariah Associates Inc.: Austin, TX, USA.
3. CIE 1931 http://sciapps.sci-sim.com/CIE1931.html
4. Conversor NIX https://www.nixsensor.com/free-color-converter/

Funding

1. Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (No. PID2020-112832RB-I00)
2. Smithsonian museum
3. Spanish State Plan for R+D (No. HAR2017-82557-P)

Supplemental files

1. Communication "Characterization of color and composition ..." at the SEM2023, Madríd (Spain)   Download

Additional information

Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Creative Commons license

Copyright © 2023 De Uribe-Zorita et al. This is an open access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.