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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2023 Meeting
Section: Solid State Physics and Materials Science, Optics, Spectroscopy, Plasma and Lasers
Title:
XRF and AMS: a simple and minimally invasive strategy to find answers to questions regarding the spatio-temporal origin of some construction materials
Authors:
Daniela STAN (1), Corina Anca SIMION (1), Cristian MANAILESCU (1), Maria Valentina ILIE (1), Alexandru Razvan PETRE (1), Andrei BALARIE (2), Dan STEFAN (3), Adrian IONITA (4)
Affiliation:
1) Horia Hulubei National Institute for Research-Development in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, 30 Reactorului St, P.O. Box MG 6, 077125, Magurele-Ilfov, Romania
2) National Museum of Banat, 1 Huniade Square, 300002, Timisoara, Romania
3) National Museum of the Eastern Carpathians, 16 Gábor Aron St, 520008, Sfantu Gheorghe, Romania
4) Vasile Parvan Institute of Archaeology, 11 Henri Coanda St, 010667, Bucharest, Romania
E-mail
daniela@nipne.ro
anke@nipne.ro
Keywords:
XRF technique, AMS method, archaeometry, construction materials, archaeological findings
Abstract:
The study tries to give a comparative look on construction materials, such as bricks and mortars/plasters, from different geographical places and historical periods. Although not enough to characterize these materials complexly, the XRF technique aims to provide quick answers to simple questions regarding some aspects related to the composition of construction materials, the pigments used, and to give rise some clues on the sources of raw materials. Radiocarbon dating using AMS method establishes the origin of the calcite: mechanically processed quarry limestone (giving no information about the “antropization time”) or mechanically and thermally processed (giving some suggestions on the real time of construction), providing information on hystorical periods, related to site-specific techniques. The studied cases involve samples from the territory of the current states of Kyrgyzstan and Romania. The geographical barriers of the past are much more flexible than we’re thinking, from an historical point of view, and the results/interpretation offer an interesting overview on the constructive choices and architectural vision, the sources of pigments and the "stylistic trends". Our choice for case studies was oriented on samples from archaeological excavations of the last years at Kök Tash Mausoleum (an underground mausoleum located in the Kochkor Valley of north-eastern Kyrgyzstan, XI – XIII century AD or earlier), from the Roman Fort Pietroasele Buzǎu (built by Emperor Constantine the Great during the campaign of 332 AD against the Goths from north of the Danube), from the Documaci Funerary Complex in Mangalia (built in the Greco-Roman period and reused for housing in the X-XII centuries AD), and from the Lecca-Micşuneşti Manor in Ilfov Romania (post XVIII century AD). In some situations, the interpretations were also supported by radiocarbon results obtained at the RoAMS laboratory in IFIN-HH on other types of materials.
References:
No References for the Abstract
Acknowledgement:
No Acknowledgments for the Abstract
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