General
General
Object Auto ID
45970
Alternate Codes
objectautoid_sahrisv1_58552
Common Name
Painted Flake
Classified Name
painted flake
Local Name
Painted Flake
Quantity
1.00
Object Description

Exported to RLAHA, Oxford under SAHRA permit no. 80/09/12/001/52 for paint analysis. Analyses undertaken: microscopic examination, cross-section, SEM on carbon sample stub and cross-section, raman on sample and cross-section, FTIR, GC/MS. Piece of flake removed for sectioning. Details of analysis in: Bonneau, A. 2010. Mount Tyndall 2 rock art pigments: analysis and dating. Unpublished report, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Cross-section housed with flake.

Owner
Rock Art Research Institute
Description
Material Types
Stone/Earth
Technique Types
Painting
Colours
red paint
Distinguishing Features

Exported to RLAHA, Oxford under SAHRA permit no. 80/09/12/001/52 for paint analysis. Analyses undertaken: microscopic examination, cross-section, SEM on carbon sample stub and cross-section, raman on sample and cross-section, FTIR, GC/MS. Piece of flake removed for sectioning. Details of analysis in: Bonneau, A. 2010. Mount Tyndall 2 rock art pigments: analysis and dating. Unpublished report, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Cross-section housed with flake.

Measurement Type Unit Value
History
Object Age
2018
Object Age Comment
holoce
Geological Period
Holocene
Collector
David Pearce
Date Retrieved Reference Types Citation
Site Association
Site Reference
Mount Tyndall 2
Stratigraphic Unit
ledge 2/5
x y z
Media
Photos of objects for export_0.pdf (2.28 MB)
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