Characterization of the Binder Used for Late Intermediate Period Ica Painted Wooden Boards

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Plant Exudates and Other Binders, Adhesives, and Coatings in the Americas" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Wooden objects excavated by Max Uhle and others from LIP sites in Ica, Peru, have been identified variously as *guares (steering boards for sailing rafts) and ceremonial agricultural implements. Rather than examining the function of these items, we have to date focused on their manufacturing components. These oversized wooden objects are often elaborately carved and decorated with paint, metal sheet and pins, and sometimes feathers. The binder used for the paint has not to date been identified. As part of a larger study to identify plant resins used as paint binders in the prehispanic and colonial Andes, we compare paint samples from these boards with a group of likely plant exudates from herbarium specimens and results from analysis of other painted Andean objects.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Plant Exudates and Other Binders, Adhesives, and Coatings in the Americas   •
• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)

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Abstract Id(s): 31994