1. Non-invasive investigations on Mesoamerican codices: the MOLAB approach
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Davide Domenici, Antonio Sgamellotti, Costanza Miliani, B. G. Brunetti, Davide Domenici, Bruno Giovanni Brunetti, Costanza Miliani, and Antonio Sgamellotti
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Non-invasive investigation ,0303 health sciences ,History ,Mesoamerica ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Non invasive ,Pictorial manuscript ,Listing (computer) ,Colonialism ,01 natural sciences ,Colour ,Visual arts ,03 medical and health sciences ,Presentation ,030301 anatomy & morphology ,0103 physical sciences ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,History of science ,General Environmental Science ,media_common - Abstract
The article illustrates the MOLAB research project devoted to the non-invasive investigation of pre-Hispanic and colonial Mesoamerican manuscripts. In the present paper, we provide a description of the project and its aims, listing the artworks so far investigated and describing analytical techniques we employed. A presentation of the data obtained by the scientific analyses is then followed by a description of the main cultural and historical interpretive venues that can be pursued through a strongly interdisciplinary approach such as the one adopted by the MOLAB.
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- 2020