The non-destructive investigation of a late antique knob bow fibula (Bügelknopffibel) from Kaiseraugst/CH using Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE)

The non-destructive investigation of a late antique knob bow fibula (Bügelknopffibel) from Kaiseraugst/CH using Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE)

Abstract A knob bow fibula (Bügelknopffibel) of the Leutkirch type, which typologically belongs to the second half of the 4th and early 5th century CE, was excavated in 2018 in the Roman city of Augusta Raurica, present-day Kaiseraugst (AG, Switzerland). This was analyzed for the first time for its...

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Main Authors: Sayani Biswas, Isabel Megatli-Niebel, Lilian Raselli, Ronald Simke, Thomas Elias Cocolios, Nilesh Deokar, Matthias Elender, Lars Gerchow, Herbert Hess, Rustem Khasanov, Andreas Knecht, Hubertus Luetkens, Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Angela Papa, Thomas Prokscha, Peter Reiter, Akira Sato, Nathal Severijns, Toni Shiroka, Michael Seidlitz, Stergiani Marina Vogiatzi, Chennan Wang, Frederik Wauters, Nigel Warr, Alex Amato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-03-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Knob bow fibula (Leutkirch type)
Copper alloy
Muon Induced X-ray Emission (MIXE)
Non-destructive elemental analysis
Depth-resolved
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00880-0

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