TY - GEN
T1 - Characterisation of Roman copper alloy artefacts and soil from Rakafot 54 (Beer Sheva, Israel)
AU - Peters, Manuel J.H.
AU - Goren, Yuval
AU - Fabian, Peter
AU - Mirão, José
AU - Grassini, Sabrina
AU - Angelini, Emma
N1 - Funding Information:
di Torino, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Universidade de Évora, as part of H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017, ED-ARCHMAT (ESR7). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 766311.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The research presented in this paper focused on the preliminary non-destructive analysis of copper alloys, corrosion, and soil components from a Roman archaeological site in Israel. pXRF, XRD, and micromorphological analyses were carried out to gain a better understanding of the corrosion processes affecting the copper alloy artefacts, by characterising the alloy composition, soil environments, and corrosion products. Preliminary results indicate that the artefacts consist of copper-lead-tin alloys, covered by copper hydroxy-chlorides and lead sulphate phases with slight variations in their crystallisation. The multi-analytical approach revealed the presence of quartz, calcite, gypsum and feldspars in the sediments, while thin sections more specifically indicate loess soils with local micro-environments.
AB - The research presented in this paper focused on the preliminary non-destructive analysis of copper alloys, corrosion, and soil components from a Roman archaeological site in Israel. pXRF, XRD, and micromorphological analyses were carried out to gain a better understanding of the corrosion processes affecting the copper alloy artefacts, by characterising the alloy composition, soil environments, and corrosion products. Preliminary results indicate that the artefacts consist of copper-lead-tin alloys, covered by copper hydroxy-chlorides and lead sulphate phases with slight variations in their crystallisation. The multi-analytical approach revealed the presence of quartz, calcite, gypsum and feldspars in the sediments, while thin sections more specifically indicate loess soils with local micro-environments.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85080075914
T3 - 2019 IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2019
SP - 395
EP - 400
BT - 2019 IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2019
PB - IMEKO-International Measurement Federation Secretariat
T2 - 2019 IMEKO TC4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2019
Y2 - 4 December 2019 through 6 December 2019
ER -