AUTENTIFICAREA A DOUĂ BRĂŢĂRI ANTICE IMPLICÂND TEHNICA SEM-EDX
The Authentication of Two Ancient Bracelets Involving the SEM-EDX Technique

Summary/Abstract: During archaeological excavations, we uncovered two bracelets from the fourth century AD. The first one is of iron and was found in the necropolis of Branişte (Nemţişor village, Vânători-Neamţ commune, Neamţ County), belongs to the Carpathian Tumuli Culture. The second bracelet is of bronze and was found in Hârlău (Iaşi county), the Culture Sântana de Mureş – Černjachow habitation level. These bracelets were studied by the SEM-EDX technique, which allowed identification of the chemical elements in the patina and of the base alloy from the contaminated or alloy. The two bracelets, somewhat similar structural-functionally and as dimensions and the material came from areas very close to each other (Central Europe and possibly Altântepe-Dobrudja?), but from different ores.

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