Non-Destructive Survey of Early Roman Copper-Alloy Brooches using Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

M. A. Roxburgh; S. Heeren; D. J. Huisman; B. J.H. Van Os

doi:10.1111/arcm.12414

Non-Destructive Survey of Early Roman Copper-Alloy Brooches using Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

M. A. Roxburgh^*
, S. Heeren
, D. J. Huisman
, B. J.H. Van Os

^*Corresponding author for this work

Art and Culture, History, Antiquity

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This paper argues that portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) is a suitable elemental measurement technique to study the production of copper-alloy artefacts. However, rather than try to imitate the accuracy and precision of laboratory techniques, it is more beneficial to deploy it in a survey role, one that attempts to model chronological and geographical changes within large quantities of artefacts. To achieve this, it was investigated to what extent corrosion and the issues surrounding surface measurements affect the potential of this type of research. Analyses on early Roman period brooches gathered in the Nijmegen region of the Netherlands were subsequently compared with published data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-69
Number of pages	15
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	61
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Jul 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12414
Publication status	Published - Feb 2019

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Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, the Netherlands; Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed/Cultural Heritage Agency, Smallepad 5, NL-3811 MG, Amersfoort, the Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed/Cultural Heritage Agency, Smallepad 5, NL-3811 MG, Amersfoort, the Netherlands

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COPPER ALLOY
CORROSION
ROMAN BROOCHES
pXRF

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