Characterisation of Late Bronze Age large size shield nails by EDXRF, micro-EDXRF and X-ray digital radiography.
| Autor: | Figueiredo E; Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear, Estrada Nacional, Sacavém, Portugal., Araújo MF, Silva RJ, Senna-Martinez JC, Vaz JL |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine [Appl Radiat Isot] 2011 Sep; Vol. 69 (9), pp. 1205-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 May 06. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.04.027 |
| Abstrakt: | In the present study six exceptional large size metallic nails, a dagger and a sickle from the Late Bronze Age archaeological site of Figueiredo das Donas (Central Portugal) have been analysed by EDXRF, micro-EDXRF and X-ray digital radiography for the study of material composition and technology of fabrication. The combination of these analytical and examination techniques showed that all artefacts are made of bronze with As, Sb and Pb impurities, and that the nails were most likely manufactured using the casting-on technique. These results reinforce the use of binary bronze by Late Bronze Age in the region, and the incorporation of new fabrication technologies that resulted from ancient spheres of interaction. (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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