Synchrotron FTIR micro-spectroscopy applied to the study of polished serpentinite artefacts: A non-destructive analytical approach

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-764

  Bernardini, F ^a   Eichert, D ^b   Lenaz, D ^c   De Min, A ^c   Tuniz, C ^a   Veluscek A ^d   Kokelj, E Montagnari ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Antigorite; Lizardite; Prehistoric axes; Synchrotron Fourier transform infrared micro spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIGORITE; ARTIFACT; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIZARDITE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SERPENTINITE;

EID: 79958849242     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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