TY - CONF A1 - Vasilescu, A. A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Reinholz, Uwe A1 - Simon, R. ED - Denecke, M. ED - Walker, C. T1 - Gold provenance studies for Romanian archaeological objects using micro-SR-XRF T2 - 20th International congress on X-ray optics and microanalysis (Proceedings) N2 - Studies by Synchrotron Radiation-X-Ray Fluorescence (SR-XRF) for the search of the presence of trace elements like Sb, Sn, Te and Pb in archaeological metallic objects found on the territory of Romania-old coins and Bronze Age jewelry, aimed to determine the provenance of the gold used in their manufacture. The results are compared with the detailed elemental composition of alluvial or primary gold samples, obtained by the same technique. This work attempted to establish the origin of the gold used for the mint of two different types of koson coins. We found that the kosons with monogram are made of refined gold, while the one used for the kosons without monogram is mainly alluvial. The gold used in the manufacture of the Calarasi Vulchitrun-type disk and the Tauteu hair ring is also of alluvial origin. T2 - 20th International congress on X-ray optics and microanalysis CY - Karlsruhe, Germany DA - 2009-09-14 KW - Provenance KW - Gold KW - SR-XRF KW - Trace elements PY - 2010 UR - http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/1221/139/1 SN - 978-0-7354-0764-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3399240 SN - 0094-243X SP - 139 EP - 143 PB - American Institute of Physics AN - OPUS4-21182 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 - Micro-SR-XRF studies for archaeological gold identification - the case of carpathian gold and romanian museal objects JF - Applied physics A N2 - In the determination of the provenance of gold in archaeological artifacts, trace elements are more significant than the main components. Several minute fragments of natural Carpathian gold-placer and primary-and some very small (a few milligrams) fragments of archaeological items were studied using micro Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Fluorescence (micro SR-XRF) at the BESSY Synchrotron Facility in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the study was to identify the trace elements characterizing Carpathian gold, looking especially at Sn, Sb, Pb and Te, and to determine if the gold in the archaeological items is native or refined. Applications to the authentication and provenance of nine Dacian gold bracelets, koson coins and two Bronze Age items are presented. KW - Gold KW - Provenance KW - Archeometry KW - Sy-XRF PY - 2010 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-010-5624-1 SN - 0947-8396 VL - 99 IS - 2 SP - 383 EP - 389 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-21395 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -