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Life after death : a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments

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Life after death : a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments

dc.contributor.author	Izzo, Francesca Caterina
dc.contributor.author	Rigon, Carolina
dc.contributor.author	Vázquez de Ágredos-Pascual, María Luisa
dc.contributor.author	Campíns Falcó, Pilar
dc.contributor.author	Keulen, Henk van
dc.date.accessioned	2022-06-15T07:32:07Z
dc.date.available	2022-06-15T07:32:07Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Izzo, Francesca Caterina Rigon, Carolina Vázquez de Ágredos-Pascual, María Luisa Campíns Falcó, Pilar Keulen, Henk van 2021 Life after death : a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments Archaeological and anthropological sciences 14 7 1 17
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/83140
dc.description.abstract	Ancient Maya believed in life after death. They used to prepare dead bodies during burial ceremonies whose purpose was to celebrate the dead and to help them passing through the way from earthly life to the beyond one. Bodies preparation included coloured scented body ointment application, with a deep symbolic connotation and probably also a conservative purpose. The aim of this research was to characterize pigments and binders used by ancient Maya in the preparation of body oint ments used to paint human bones. Emblematic painted bone samples from Xcambó (Maya archaeological site located in the municipality of Dzemul, in the Mexican state of Yucatán) were investigated through a non-destructive and micro-destructive analytical techniques. Results pointed out the presence of two mainly red pigments, i.e. red ochre and cinnabar, as already observed in other Maya painted bones. The new insight of the research is the identifcation of the organic compounds used as binding media in the ointments: a mixture of vegetable drying oil (probably Chia seed oil) mixed with an aromatic compound (bitumen). This knowledge, together with that obtained in the last decades, is important to reconstruct the cultural habitat and social customs of this pre-Hispanic civilization and transfer them to today's context
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 2021, vol. 14, num. 7, p. 1-17
dc.subject	Restes humanes (Arqueologia)
dc.subject	Indis de l'Amèrica Central
dc.title	Life after death : a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2022-06-15T07:32:07Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s12520-021-01473-3
dc.identifier.idgrec	153851
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES