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| DOI | 10.1016/J.JASREP.2025.105013 | ||||
| Año | 2025 | ||||
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This paper presents the initial comparative findings of archaeometric analyses conducted for turquoise provenance determination involving samples from two distinct mining sources located in Chile and Argentina. It summarizes the outcomes of initial, collaborative, and interdisciplinary binational research combining the fields of Archaeology and Chemistry. The primary aim was to discern potential disparities between turquoise specimens originating from the Atacama Desert, in Chile, and the Puna of Salta region in Argentina, which could indicate variations between the South Andean mineral sources and the origin of artifactual evidence made of turquoise. The samples analyzed included mineral fragments pertaining to the prehistoric mining site Mina Las Turquesas in El Salvador (Atacama Region, Chile), a sample corresponding to one bead from a funerary good from San Pedro de Atacama (Antofagasta Region, Chile), and samples recovered from the prehistoric mine of Cueva Inca Viejo (Puna of Salta, Northwestern Argentina). For this purpose, a combination of analytical techniques including Raman Spectrometry, Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectrometry (SEM-EDS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Inductively Coupled Plasma Triple Quadruple (ICP-MS-TQe) were employed. The results reveal variations in the composition of turquoise deposits from pre-Hispanic mines recorded in Chile and Argentina. The application of lead isotope method using ICP-MS-TQe complemented with other techniques offers promising data to further pursue this initial archaeometric research on turquoise circulation in the South Central Andes.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | Tricallotis, Helena Horta | - |
Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile
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| 2 | Rojas Araya, Luis | - |
Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile
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| 3 | Westfall, Catherine | - |
Taguatagua Consultores - Chile
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| 4 | Guzman, Natalia | - |
Universidad Católica del Norte - Chile
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| 5 | Coloca, Federico | - |
Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn - Argentina
UNIV BUENOS AIRES - Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires - Argentina |
| 6 | Lopez, Gabriel E. J. | - |
Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn - Argentina
UNIV BUENOS AIRES - Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Argentina Universidad de Buenos Aires - Argentina |
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| Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Universidad de Buenos Aires |
| Universidad Católica del Norte |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueológicas y Museo |
| Unidad de Equipamiento Cientifico MAINI |
| Pro-FONDECYT 2022 project |
| Museo Arqueológico de La Serena |
| Instituto de Arqueología |
| FFyL |
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| Our research received financial support from the Pro-FONDECYT 2022 project and from the Unidad de Equipamiento Cientifico MAINI pertaining to the Universidad Catolica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile). The following scientific equipment was used for testing purposes: ICP-MS-TQ (ANID-Fondequip EQM200125), DRX (Proyecto FIC-R EQU-25 2009-2010), FE-SEM (SU5000-MAINI (R) UCN 2018) y RAMAN-AFM (Fundacion Andes C-13877/2005 project). |
| We are grateful to the collaborative and interdisciplinary research approach made possible by the participation and support of the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad Cat\u00F3lica del Norte, the Museo Arqueol\u00F3gico de La Serena, and the Instituto de Investigaciones Arqueol\u00F3gicas y Museo R.P. Gustavo Le Paige S.J. (IIAM/UCN) in Chile, as well as CONICET and the Instituto de Arqueolog\u00EDa (FFyL/UBA: Inca Viejo Project) in Argentina. We would also like to thank the important and generous scientific assistance of Marina Vargas and Andrea Vasquez, Director and Laboratory Administrator respectively, of the Unidad de Equipamiento Cient\u00EDfico MAINI in Antofagasta, Chile. Finally, we also thank the general support of Tagua Tagua Archaeological Consultants Inc. (Santiago, Chile) for making possible the binational scientific collaboration and specifically their Surveying Engineer and GIS specialist, Cristian Vargas, who made the maps. |