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Development and implementation of a database of historical pigments as a multiplatform application for the study and preservation of the heritage of Castilla y León.

Funding entity:

Principal investigator:

Javier Pinto Sanz
Crystallography and Mineralogy Associate Professor

Suset Barroso Solares
Crystallography and Mineralogy Assistant Professor

Objectives:

Develop a detailed open access database on historic pigments that includes not only their historical information, but also a complete analytical characterisation using techniques of interest in heritage studies due to their innocuousness and portability, such as Raman spectroscopy, Infrared spectroscopy, X-ray fluorescence, Colorimetry, and hyperspectral cameras.

Expected results:

Multi-platform and open database of historical pigments of special relevance in the historical-archaeological heritage of Castilla y León.