TY - GEN A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Gadebusch, R. A1 - Hahn, Oliver A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Kanngießer, B. A1 - Malzer, W. T1 - Non-destructive investigations of Mughal Miniatures by a Combined Spectroscopic approach: PIXE, 3D-muXRF and UV-VIS spectroscopy KW - PIXE KW - 3D-micro-XRF KW - UV-VIS spectroscopy KW - Archaeometry KW - Cultural heritage PY - 2004 SN - 84-7820-848-8 SP - 4 pages PB - Fernando El Católico CY - Zaragoza AN - OPUS4-7495 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reiche, I. A1 - Britzke, Ralf A1 - Bukalis, Gregor A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Weise, Hans-Peter A1 - Gadebusch, R.D. T1 - An external PIXE study: Mughal painting pigments KW - PIXE KW - Mughal painting KW - Pigments KW - Archaeometry PY - 2005 SN - 0049-8246 VL - 34 SP - 42 EP - 45 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester AN - OPUS4-6846 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Margreiter, R. A1 - Baumann, J. A1 - Mantouvalou, I. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Strub, E. T1 - Investigations on fire-gilding N2 - Fire-gilding is a historic technique for the application of golden layers on a number of different base materials utilizing a gold amalgam. This technique leaves a significant amount of Hg in the golden layer, giving archeometrists a reliable indicator to identify firegildings. Recent findings on presumably fire-gilded objects have shown in several cases significantly lower Hg content than previously studied objects. This prompted a synchrotron-based X-ray fluorescence investigation into the Hg distribution along the material–gilding interface, as well as a series of measurements regarding the Hg content development in fire-gilded samples during artificial aging. This work presents findings on laboratory-prepared fire-gildings, indicating an Hg enrichment at the interface of firegilded silver samples. Notably, such an enrichment is missing in fire-gilded copper samples. Further, it is confirmed that fire-gilded layers typically do not undercut an Hg bulk content of 5%. In this light, it seems improbable that ancient samples that contain <5% Hg are fire-gilded. The results presented in this study might lead to a non-destructive method to identify the Hg enrichment at the interface. This might be obtained by a combination of different non-destructive measurements and might also work unambiguously in samples in which the gold top layer is altered. KW - BAMline KW - X-Ray Fluorescence KW - Gilding KW - Depth profile KW - Archaeometry PY - 2022 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-552885 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12797 SN - 0003-813X SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Wiley online library AN - OPUS4-55288 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Vasilescu, A. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe T1 - A study on gold and copper provenance for Romanian prehistoric objects using micro-SR XRF N2 - This study intends to clarify the metal provenance of gold archaeological items using the variation of the Au–Ag ratio and the presence of trace elements as Sn, Sb, Te, and Pb, concentrating on gold Dacian Koson coins, recovered recently. It also extends the area of our investigations to the copper provenance of Bronze Age artifacts—axes, sickles, and celts—found on Romanian territory. The experiments were performed by micro-SR XRF at BESSY Berlin, at the BAM-line facility. Two types of coins (Koson, with and without monogram) were analysed. The conclusions we reached were that most of the monogram coins are made from refined gold (3–5% Ag, less than 0.5% Cu), while the without monogram coins are made from native Transylvanian gold (9–20% Ag, 0.5–2% Cu), of alluvial origin, proved by the presence of Sn, Sb and Te embedded in the gold. The problem of provenance for prehistoric Romanian copper and bronze objects consists in linking their elemental compositional patterns to the ones of the Bronze Age regional mines from Bulgaria, Serbia or Transylvania, most likely used as ore sources for their manufacture. The studied samples present relevant traces of As, Ag, Sb, and Co, suggesting the most probable use of copper from Serbia or northern Bulgaria for their manufacture. KW - X-ray fluorescence KW - Synchrotron radiation KW - Proton induced X-ray emission KW - Archaeometry KW - Gold PY - 2011 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c0ja00215a SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 26 IS - 5 SP - 917 EP - 921 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-23191 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Vasilescu, A. A1 - Stan, D. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Buzanich, Günter A1 - Ceccato, D. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. T1 - Studies on archaeological gold items found in Romanian territory using X-ray-based analytical spectrometry N2 - This paper is an overview of the work developed by our group in the investigations of museum objects and alluvial gold, reflected in a series of studies published between 2000–2011, supplemented with new results, unpublished up-to-date. The X-ray based spectrometric techniques employed range from various X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) investigations to ion beam analysis, including synchrotron radiation XRF and micro-Particle Induced X-ray Emission. The gold objects discussed are mainly part of the Sarmizegetusa Dacian hoards—spiraled bracelets (armbands) and coins. After obtaining in 2011 the permission of the Romanian authorities to take very small (1–2 mg) samples from the most 'unimportant' areas of the Dacian bracelets and several Koson staters, to analyze them by micro-SR-XRF at BESSY, in February 2012, the investigation of several micro-areas of 17 stater and 28 bracelet samples revealed important micro-structural inhomogeneity, especially in Sn and Cu. The same inhomogeneous micro-structure has been seen in Transylvanian alluvial gold. The analyses revealed details on the fingerprint of geological gold deposits and also the main characteristics of ancient gold metallurgy procedures used by the Dacians: a relatively low temperature (lower than Au melting point) and hammering during heating to obtain an ingot through sintering. The use of the sintering procedure was proved for the spiraled bracelets and the Koson without monogram coins, a tradition starting in the Bronze Age in Transylvanian gold processing. The existence of micro-inclusions of Ta-minerals in alluvial gold was also detected, explaining Ta trace presence in the artifacts from the Pietroasa hoard. KW - Micro-SR-XRF KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Archaeometry KW - Gold KW - Romania PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1039/c2ja30158j SN - 0267-9477 SN - 1364-5544 VL - 27 IS - 12 SP - 2076 EP - 2081 PB - Royal Society of Chemistry CY - London AN - OPUS4-26991 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Vasilescu, A. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Pacheco, C. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. T1 - SR XRF and micro-PIXE studies on ancient metallurgy of thirteen Dacian gold bracelets N2 - A thorough microscopic investigation by SR XRF and micro-PIXE brings insight into the probable techniques used in the manufacture of thirteen Dacian gold bracelets, one of the most spectacular archaeological finds ever on the territory of Romania. KW - Micro-SR-XRF KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Archaeometry KW - Gold KW - Romania PY - 2012 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7306-7 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 109 IS - 2 SP - 395 EP - 402 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-26902 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -