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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2012 Meeting
Section: Nuclear and Elementary Particles Physics
Title:
Elemental analysis on Dacian Neolithic ceramics
Authors:
P. MEREUTA
Affiliation:
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics
E-mail
pmereuta@yahoo.com
Keywords:
induced coupled plasma; X-ray fluorescence; Neolithic ceramics; laser ablation; dye composition; ceramic composition; blank analysis; sample analysis
Abstract:
Man made objects discovered on archeological sites are very old and are hard to be determined how they were made and what substances were used in the processing/manufacturing. Therefore, physical methods can give an answer offering enough precise information on the elemental composition of objects, as well as on how certain civilizations lived their lives and evolved.
Different experimental techniques and methods can be used in order to determine the composition of a certain investigated object. In the investigations included in this work, we used X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Induced Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS) on Dacian ceramics from the Neolithic time span (4000 – 4500 years old). In these measurements based on such physical methods and techniques, the used samples are from two different Dacian cultures, namely: the Gumelniţa civilization and the Cucuteni civilization. Even though they were separated by merely 200 km, the way each civilization made ceramics, made dyes for these objects and the way they painted them were very different. The most important part is the investigation of dye composition, which shows clear differences in the production of different types of dyes.The investigation of the ceramics and their composition, similar to the soil from the area they were found, can also give information about how these objects moved around and how certain civilizations expanded.
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