An overview on the ancient goldsmith's skill and the circulation of gold in the past: The role of x-ray based techniques

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-327

  Guerra, Maria Filomena ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL QUERIES; CULTURAL HERITAGES; GOLD JEWELLERY; GOLD JEWELRY; LOCALISATION; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; NON DESTRUCTIVE; SEM-EDX; SIMPLE++; TRACES ELEMENTS;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 49249102292     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: 10974539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.1013     Document Type: Review

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