Abstract author(s): Cantó, Ana (Dpto. de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Universitat de València. PREMEDOC) - Rosso,
Daniela Eugenia (Dpto. de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Universitat de València. PREMEDOC; CNRS - CEPAM UMR
7264, Université Côte d’Azur) - Roldán García, Clodoaldo - Murcia Mascarós, Sonia (Institute of Material Science - ICMUV, Uni-
versity of Valencia) - Villaverde, Valentín (Dpto. de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Universitat de València. PREMEDOC)
In recent years, experimental approaches to the analysis of Palaeolithic art have been widely developed in the literature. However,
few studies focus on pigment application techniques used for the manufacture of painted portable art. Evidence recovered in the
Upper Palaeolithic levels of Parpalló Cave, Gandía, Spain, shows that painted plaquettes were produced using a variety of techniques
that were never studied in detail. Here we present results obtained during our first experimental sessions. We used different tech-
niques to apply ochre-rich compounds on experimental limestome plaquettes recovered in the surroundings of the cave, focusing
on three main phases of the painted plaquette chaîne opératoire: (1) the preparation of the support before the application of pig-
ment, (2) the production of pigment compounds of different densities and textures and (3) the application of pigment compound
using a variety of techniques and tools. By using this experimental approach, we will we hope to be able to better understand the
complexity and variety of technological processes involved in the creation of painted portable art.
Source: EAA Conference 2021
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