What is that Pigment? Surface Analysis of Early Ceramics from Kuntur Wasi, Andes of Peru, by Way of Raman Microscopy and Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Kuntur Wasi is located at 2300 m asl in the northern highlands of the Cajamarca Department, Peru (Figure The Japanese Kuntur Wasi Archaeological Project excavated the site from 1988 to 2002, and again in 2012, 2013, and 2019. The site is contemporaneous in part with the famous ceremonial site of Chavin de Huantar some 330 kilometers to the south