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Dating Iron Age goldwork: First direct AMS 14C results from Northwestern Iberia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article presents the first direct radiocarbon dates for NW Iberian “Castro culture” goldwork. Three samples were taken from a melting mass and a plano-convex ingot from the so-called Recouso (Oroso, A Coruña) and Calvos de Randín (Ourense ...
Armada, XL, García-Vuelta, O
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Sourcing obsidian artefacts from Early Neolithic sites in South-Central Romania

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2019
Portable X‐ ray fluorescence spectroscopy (pXRF) was used to reveal the chemical signatures of 60 obsidian artefacts from two Early Neolithic sites in the Muntenia region of southern Romania – Uliești in Dâmbovița County and Măgura – Buduiasca in ...
Boroneanț, A.   +3 more
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Iron Age metallurgy at Salūt (Sultanate of Oman): a preliminary note [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Extensive excavations at the Iron Age site of Salūt, near Bisyā in central Oman, revealed a complex architecture, allowing the reconstruction of a long history of building activities and rearrangements. Among the discovered structures, none can clearly
Esposti, M, Rehren, THH, Renzi, M
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Monte Finocchito and Heloros Pottery Production: New Evidence through Technological Studies and Material Analysis

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2017
This paper discusses the use of non-destructive portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) to distinguish sources of variation in 8th Century BC Greek and Sicilian ceramics. The project comprises an element of my PhD study through La Trobe University, concerning
Raudino Anna   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

QUALITY CONTROL OF PXRF SPECTROMETRY [PDF]

open access: yesGeological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2016
Ross D. Knight   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Geochemical Data of Scaglia Bianca Chert from Central Italy for Provenance Studies

open access: yesJournal of Open Archaeology Data
This work presents the first geochemical characterization data of Scaglia Bianca Fm chert from Central Italy. The dataset is part of the chert reference collection (SiliROck) of Sapienza, University of Rome, and includes 110 chert samples collected from ...
Elena Carletti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracing the source of obsidian from prehistoric sites in Bulgaria

open access: yesБългарско е-Списание за Археология, 2017
Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry was used to obtain source determinations for 11 obsidian artefacts from five archaeological sites in Bulgaria. The results show that all the archaeological specimens can be linked to obsidian sources in the
Clive Bonsall   +7 more
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Obsidian finds from the Early Neolithic site at Grumăzeşti – Deleni, Neamţ County

open access: yesMateriale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2018
The site of Grumăzești – Deleni (Neamț County) was excavated by Silvia Marinescu‐ Bîlcu during the late 1960s and 1970s. The excavations unearthed the remains of an Early Neolithic (Starčevo‐ Criș) settlement, as well as traces of occupation during the ...
Boroneanț, A., Diaconu, V., Bonsall, C.
doaj   +1 more source

PXRF Determination of the Obsidian Industry from the S–F Area of Piani della Corona EBA Settlement (Bagnara Calabra–RC, South Italy)

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2017
Archaeological excavations in the S-F area of Piani della Corona settlement have affected a portion of 2200 m2 of a large plateau (490 m asl). The researches, conducted between 2007 and 2008 by the Superintendence of the Museo Preistorico Etnografico “L.
Marino Sara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first polluted river? Repeated copper contamination of fluvial sediments associated with Late Neolithic human activity in southern Jordan [PDF]

open access: yes
The roots of pyrometallurgy are obscure. This paper explores one possible precursor, in the Faynan Orefield in southern Jordan. There, at approximately 7000 cal.
Adams, RB   +6 more
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