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Carolina Rigon

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New results in ancient Maya rituals researches: The study of human painted bones fragments from Calakmul archaeological site (Mexico)

2020

Abstract The funeral chambers of the ancient city of Calakmul (Mexico) and the individuals who were buried in them have brought in recent decades new knowledge about the beliefs and funeral customs of the pre-Hispanic Maya. Tombs and bodies were prepared as part of the rituals that should favor the return of ch'ulel to the Underworld, known as Xibalba by the ancient Maya. The ch'ulel is one of the two anemic entities that inhabit the individual, equivalent to our concept of the soul. Bodies preparation included coloured scented body ointments application, with a deep symbolic connotation and probably also a conservative purpose. The aim of this research was to characterize pigments and bind…

010506 paleontologyArcheologyAncient citymedia_common.quotation_subjectCalakmulMortuary ceremoniesTransmitted lightClassic periodHuman bone01 natural sciencesNatural gumSEM-EDXMaya0601 history and archaeologyGC–MSSettore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali0105 earth and related environmental sciencesmedia_commonPainted dead bodies060102 archaeologyHevea Brasilliensis06 humanities and the artsArtArchaeologyPy-GC-MSOrganic fractionCinnabarMayaOrganic componentMaya Calakmul Classic period Painted dead bodies Mortuary ceremonies SEM-EDX GC–MS Py-GC-MS Natural gum Hevea BrasilliensisAncient maya
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Life after death: a physicochemical study of materials used by the ancient Maya in human bone ointments

2021

Ancient Maya believed in life after death. They used to prepare dead bodies during burial ceremonies whose purpose was to celebrate the dead and to help them passing through the way from earthly life to the beyond one. Bodies preparation included coloured scented body ointment application, with a deep symbolic connotation and probably also a conservative purpose. The aim of this research was to characterize pigments and binders used by ancient Maya in the preparation of body oint ments used to paint human bones. Emblematic painted bone samples from Xcambó (Maya archaeological site located in the municipality of Dzemul, in the Mexican state of Yucatán) were investigated through a non-destruc…

ArcheologyRestes humanes (Arqueologia)Py-GC–MSPainted human bonesRitualSEM–EDXXcambóAnthropologyMaya cultureGC–MSIndis de l'Amèrica CentralGC–MS; Maya culture; Painted human bones; Py-GC–MS; Ritual; SEM–EDX; Xcambó;Settore CHIM/12 - Chimica dell'Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali
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