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Table 1 Identified mineral materials

From: Characterisation of materials and techniques in first archaeological findings of Nasca wall paintings

Stratigraphy

Identification

Samples

Green paint

Paratacamite, malachite et chrysocolla

02V, 08J

Yellow paint

Yellow ocher

03J

Orange paint

Orange ocher (hematite and clay)

07R, 19R

Red paint

Red ocher (hematite and clay)

04R

Purple paint

Hematite and clay

13V

Black paint

Graphite/charcoal, aluminosilicate and quartz

06R

Preparation/white paint

White clay and calcium sulfate

16N, 17R

Silica

06R

Grey coating

Clay loam

All samples