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RECERCAT author López Prat, Mònica author De Luca, Raffaella author Pecci, Alessandra author Mileto, Simona author Bandyopadhyay, Sudipa Ray author Bloise, Andrea author Guido, Adriano author Cipriani, Mara author Lancelotti, Carla author Carrascosa, Begoña author Noori, Noor Agha author Simón Cortés, José Manuel author Miriello, Domenico 2024-05-03T06:01:09Z2024-05-03T06:01:09Z2024 This paper presents the results of the mineralogical, petrographic and chemical study of different archaeological samples related to terracruda sculptures and other elements that were part of the architectural decoration of the Buddhist sites of Tepe Narenj and Qol-e-tut (Kabul, Afghanistan; fifth to 11th centuries CE). The main objective of the study was to characterize the samples using an archaeometric approach. The study helped to better understand the materials involved in the modeling of Afghan sculptures and their processing, such as the different nature of the clay layers and the finishing ‘stucco’ coating. The results further indicate that similarities exist among the manufacturing process of the studied samples and that used today by an ancient caste of clay artists in West Bengal (India), suggesting the existence of a continuous technological tradition that deserves to be further explored in the future.This work is part of M. Lopez-Prat doctoral research and the Juan de la Cierva contract (FJC2021-046803-I) funded by MCIN (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación)/AE (Agencia Estatal de Investigación); 10.13039/501100011033) and by the European Union “Next Generation EU”/PRT. The results have been obtained in the framework of the activities of the DIBEST department of the University of Calabria, the ERAAUB (a recognized and financed research group of the Generalitat de Catalunya - 2021 SGR 00696), the Institut d'Arqueologia of the Universitat de Barcelona, the Conservació-Restauració del Patrimoni research group (a recognized research group of the Generalitat de Catalunya-2021 SGR 00089), and the CASEs research group (a recognized and financed research group of the Generalitat de Catalunya–2021 SGR-00950). This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2023 The Authors. Archaeometry published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of University of Oxford. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Afghanistan archaeometry clay heritage conservation organicbinders silk roads stucco terracruda sculpture traditionalknowledge The modeling pastes of the monumental terracruda sculpture of the Silk Roads: archaeometric study of the Tepe Narenj and Qol-e-tut examples (Kabul,Afghanistan) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion