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 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 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Cojocaru, V. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Salomon, J. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Ceccato, D. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. T1 - Micro-SR-XRF and micro-PIXE studies for archaeological gold identification - The case of Carpathian (Transylvanian) gold and of Dacian bracelets N2 - Trace-elements are more significant for provenancing archaeological metallic artifacts than the main components. For gold, the most promising elements are platinum group elements (PGE), Sn, Te, Sb, Hg and Pb. Several small fragments of natural Transylvanian gold – placer and primary – were studied by using micro-PIXE technique at the Legnaro National Laboratory AN2000 microbeam facility, Italy and at the AGLAE accelerator, C2RMF, Paris, France and by using micro synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (micro-SR-XRF) at BESSY synchrotron, Berlin, Germany. The goal of the study was to identify the trace-elements, especially Sn, Sb and Te. A spectacular application to five Dacian gold bracelets authentication is presented (Sn and Sb traces). KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Micro-SR-XRF KW - Gold KW - Dacian bracelets KW - Transylvania PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2008.03.054 SN - 0168-583X SN - 1872-9584 VL - 266 IS - 10 SP - 2325 EP - 2328 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-17736 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Cojocaru, V. A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Calligaro, T. A1 - Salomon, J. A1 - Pichon, L. A1 - Röhrs, S. A1 - Ceccato, D. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. A1 - Ionescu, C. A1 - Pop, D. T1 - Dacian bracelets and Transylvanian gold: ancient history and modern analyses KW - SRXRF KW - Gold KW - Archaeometrie KW - Authentication KW - Provenance KW - XRF KW - Micro-PIXE KW - Micro SR-XRF KW - Or KW - Authentification KW - FX PY - 2009 SN - 0399-1237 VL - 33 SP - 221 EP - 225 PB - Groupe CY - Rennes AN - OPUS4-23172 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Constantinescu, B. A1 - Oberländer-Târnoveanu, E. A1 - Bugoi, R. A1 - Cojocaru, V. A1 - Radtke, Martin T1 - The Sarmizegetusa bracelets N2 - We present the authentication and analysis of these beautiful Dacian bracelets of the first century BC, originally pillaged by treasure hunters and recovered thanks to an international crime chase. They were originally fashioned from gold panned from the rivers or dug from the mines of Transylvania and hammered into the form of coiled snakes. The lack of context is the greatest loss, but a votive purpose is likely given their proximity to the great sacred centre at Sarmizegetusa Regia. KW - Romania KW - Sarmizegetusa KW - Dacian KW - First century BC KW - Gold KW - Bracelets KW - Hoard KW - Sacred centre KW - World heritage site PY - 2010 UR - http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/084/ant0841028.htm SN - 0003-598x VL - 84 SP - 1028 EP - 1042 PB - Univ. Press CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-23169 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -