Abstract

PRIETO OLAVARRIA, Cristina  and  D'ANGELO, José A. Caracterización SEM-EDS de inclusiones piroclásticas y de minerales opacos de la cerámica Viluco (Mendoza, Argentina). Intersecciones antropol. [online]. 2013, vol.14, n.2, pp.493-498. ISSN 1850-373X.

Results of a pilot study are reported on in which SEM-EDS was used to characterize inclusions in Late Agroceramic Period ceramic fragments from the north of Mendoza (Center West of Argentina). Ten Viluco pottery fragments were analyzed that had been recovered from piedemonte zone contexts dated between 1400 and 1700, and two samples from Inca tambos recovered from a cave in the pre-Cordillera. Pyroclastic inclusions and others rich in Fe were the focus of study; both their microstructure and their chemistry were characterized (the latter was determined semi-quantitatively). The results document technologies and ceramic resource choices made by local potters during the period of Inca domination and the early Colonial period.

Keywords : Mendoza; Viluco ceramic; SEM-EDS; Pyroclastic inclusions; Opaque minerals.

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