Depozitul de seceri de la Călmățui (r-nul Hâncești)
Hoard of sickles from Călmățui (Hâncești district)

Summary/Abstract: In March 2017, a small hoard of tools consisting of six bronze sickles was discovered near the village of Călmățui (Hâncești district). All the items are hooked sickles, well known in the Carpathian-Dniester region during the Late Bronze Age – BrD-HaA1 (13th century – first half of the 12th century BC). In particular, several similar finds are known on the Middle and Lower Prut. Typological analysis showed that all the items belong to the Ghermănești type, the Ruginoasa variant, which allows us to narrow the chronological interval to the second half of the 13th century BC. Elementary chemical analysis of the items was carried out using an electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an EDX detector and the X-ray diffraction method (XRF). Various research methods obtained in independent laboratories in Chișinău demonstrated their effectiveness, while XRF allowed for greater measurement accuracy.

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