Simplified map of Odrysian kingdom in the 4th century BC with location of Thracian sacral sites

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... and less often cinnabar (HgS), due to its more limited occurrence and the higher price. The purpose of the present work is to compare the mineral and chemical composition of red pigments used in the paints and colored plasters for the decoration of sacred Thracian sites (4th-3rd century BC), from different regions of the Odrysian kingdom ( Fig. 1). Paints and plasters from the Shushmanets and Maglizh tombs in the Kazanlak valley, the Dolno Lukovo Tomb in the Eastern Rhodopes, the eschars from tumulus 21 and 31 in the Sboryanovo National Reserve in Dobrudzha (on the territory of today's Bulgaria) and Documaci Tomb in the area of Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black ...

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... oxides/hydroxides hematite and goethite, clay minerals, jarosite, plumbojarosite and native gold (with Cu to 2.2 wt %). Arsenic (As 2 O 3 up to 2.7 wt %) and Cu (CuO up to ochres from all the studied objects contain hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3 ), which is mainly responsible for the red color of the pigment. Regardless of the territorial remoteness ( Fig. 1, Table 1) of the Dolno Lukovo, Maglizh, Documaci tombs and the eschars from the Sboryanovo National Reserve, the ochres from their decoration contain the elements As (As 2 O 3 up to 2.7 wt %), Cu (CuO up to 1.42 wt %), Zn (ZnO up to 1.65 wt %), and the minerals jarosite, +plum-bojarosite, +schwertmannite and native gold. Such mineral ...

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... and the higher price. The National Conference with International Participation " GEOSCIENCES 2023" purpose of the present work is to compare the mineral and chemical composition of red pigments used in the paints and colored plasters for the decoration of sacred Thracian sites (4th-3rd century BC), from different regions of the Odrysian kingdom (Fig. 1). Paints and plasters from the Shushmanets and Maglizh tombs in the Kazanlak valley, the Dolno Lukovo Tomb in the Eastern Rhodopes, the eschars from tumulus 21 and 31 in the Sboryanovo National Reserve in Dobrudzha (on the territory of today's Bulgaria) and Documaci Tomb in the area of Funerary Ensemble at Callatis on the Western Black ...

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... red ochre also has specific mineralogical and geochemical characteristics that allow conclusions to be drawn about its origin and possible source for extraction. The red ochres from all the studied objects contain hematite (α-Fe 2 O 3 ), which is mainly responsible for the red color of the pigment. Regardless of the territorial remoteness (Fig. 1, Table 1) of the Dolno Lukovo, Maglizh, Documaci tombs and the eschars from the Sboryanovo National Reserve, the ochres from their decoration contain the elements As (As 2 O 3 up to 2.7 wt %), Cu (CuO up to 1.42 wt %), Zn (ZnO up to 1.65 wt %), and the minerals jarosite, +plum-bojarosite, +schwertmannite and native gold. Such mineral and ...