[Aztlan] ANALYZING PAINT AT COPAN

[elin danien]

The technique being used is an exciting new tool for archaeology. However, 
the use of mica in paint by the Maya has been known.  Lynn Grant, 
conservator at Penn Museum, cited this use in two reports:

- From the 2000 FAMSI report by Michael Smyth on Chaac II:  "This pyramid 
shows the remains of tenoned stucco figures painted in various hues of dark 
green, golden-yellow, and red specular hematite. These color combinations 
are not typical of northern Maya mural painting and are more commonly 
associated with paintings from Teotihuacán."

and Elizabeth Graham mentions it as present in the paint on stucco 
fragments from Structure N10-28 in Lamanai.....

Elin Danien