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A Simple Method for Distinguishing between Organic and Inorganic Paints on Black-on-White Anasazi Pottery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Fred W. Nelson Jr.
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Abstract

It is often very difficult to distinguish organic paint from inorganic paint (iron oxides) on Black-on-white Anasazi pottery. However, the paints can be distinguished by testing for iron using potassium ferrocyanide in the presence of hydrochloric acid. If iron is present a dark blue precipitate forms immediately.

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American Antiquity , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , July 1975 , pp. 348 - 349
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1975

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