Mas Cornellá, MartíJorge, AlbertoGavilán, BeatrizSolís Delgado, MónicaParra, EnriquePérez, Pedro Pablo2024-11-252024-11-252013-12Mas, Martí, Alberto Jorge, Beatriz Gavilán, Mónica Solís, Enrique Parra, y Pedro-Pablo Pérez. «Minateda rock shelters (Albacete) and post-palaeolithic art of the Mediterranean Basin in Spain: Pigments, surfaces and patinas». Journal of Archaeological Science. Academic Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JAS.2013.07.019.0305-4403https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JAS.2013.07.019https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/24518The registered version of this article, first published in Journal of Archaeological Science, is available online at the publisher's website: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JAS.2013.07.019La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Journal of Archaeological Science, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JAS.2013.07.019The inorganic and organic fractions of two microsamples of prehistoric paint from the same site, the Minateda rock shelters, are analysed here for the first time. The two samples correspond to two rock shelters of different styles (Levantine and schematic) e Abrigo Grande de Minateda (The Great Rock Shelter of Minateda) and Abrigo del Barranco de la Mortaja (Del Barranco de la Mortaja Rock Shelter). Since its discovery, historiographical tradition has emphasised the Abrigo Grande de Minateda, with its magnificence and complexity, as emblematic of the origin and evolution of rock art in the Mediterranean Basin of the Iberian Peninsula (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Four complementary techniques eMicrophotography, Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), Raman Spectroscopy and Gas ChromatographyeMass Spectroscopy (GCeMS)e were combined to identify and characterise the physicochemical properties of the paint and of the surface. We present an interpretation of the results that leads us to define complex taphonomic alterations beyond the usual distinction of layers that include the surface, pigments and patinas.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess55 Historia::5504 Historia por épocas::5504.05 Prehistoria55 Historia::5505 Ciencias auxiliares de la historia::5505.01 Arqueologíaartículopigment analysislevantine artschematic artMediterranean Basinminateda rock shelterstaphonomy