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The aim is to identify pigments used in painting ancient figurines from Akanthos and develop methodologies for this analysis.

Archaeometrical investigation of figurines from the ancient city of Akanthos in Chalkidice

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The aim is to identify pigments used in painting ancient figurines from Akanthos and develop methodologies for this analysis.
Analyzed ancient pigments using polarized light microscopy (PLM) and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.
Confirmed pigment identification through additional physicochemical methods like SEM-EDX, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy.
Compared results with similar artifacts from central Macedonia.
Identified pigments include Red Ocher-Hematite, Vermilion-Cinnabarite, Yellow Ocher-Goethite, Egyptian Blue-Cuprorivaite, and copper glass.
The findings contribute to the limited existing knowledge of polychrome terracotta figurines in Northern Greece.

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Investigates pigment identification in terracotta figurines from Akanthos, suggesting new archaeometric insights.

Vivdenko et al. (2026) studied this question.

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