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ArticleArchaeological and anthropological sciences2021

The ecology and bioactivity of some Greco-Roman medicinal minerals: the case of Melos earth pigments.

C W Knapp, G E Christidis, D Venieri, I Gounaki, J Gibney-Vamvakari, M Stillings, E Photos-Jones

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7 authors.

C W KnappCivil and Environmental Engineering, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
G E ChristidisMineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
D VenieriEnvironmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
I GounakiEnvironmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece.
J Gibney-VamvakariAdamas, Milos Greece.
M StillingsCivil and Environmental Engineering, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK.
E Photos-JonesArchaeology, School of Humanities, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5156-6539

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mineral compounds, as pigments and therapeutics, appeared regularly in the technical and medical texts of the Greco-Roman (G-R) world. We have referred to them as 'G-R medicinal minerals' and we suggest that despite their seeming familiarity, there are actually many unknowns regarding their precise nature and/or purported pharmacological attributes. Earth pigments are part of that group. This paper presents a brief overview of our work over the past twenty years relating to: a. the attempt to locate a select number of them in the places of their origin; b. their chemical/mineralogical characterization; c. the study of their ecology via the identification of the microorganisms surrounding them; d. their testing as antibacterials against known pathogens. In the process, and to fulfil the above, we have developed a novel methodological approach which includes a range of analytical techniques used across many disciplines (mineralogy, geochemistry, DNA extraction and microbiology). This paper focuses on a select number of earth pigments deriving from the island of Melos in the SW Aegean, celebrated in antiquity for its

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Antibacterial activityEarth pigmentsEcologyJarositeManganese oxideMelanteriteMiltosOchres

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