Primary Study on Cosmetics Excavated from Yuan Dynasty Tomb in Huashizui

The cosmetics excavated from the Yuan Dynasty Tomb in Huashizui were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectrometry and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) etc. The results indicate that inorganic matters are clearly identified as major components, among which cerussite is most abundant in content and pyromorphite is next and with a little quartz. The content of organic matters is quite low and considered to be grease. It supposes that the cosmetics were used for whitening skin according to the ancient literatures and some related research.