Combined PIXE/PIGE and IBIL with external beam applied to the analysis of Merovingian glass beads

Mathis, François; Othmane, G.; Vrielynck, Olivier; Calvo Del Castillo, Helena; Chene, Grégoire; Dupuis, Thomas; Strivay, David

doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.058

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Archaeology Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Multidisciplinary, general & others
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Title :	Combined PIXE/PIGE and IBIL with external beam applied to the analysis of Merovingian glass beads
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Mathis, François [Université de Liège - ULiège > > Centre européen en archéométrie - Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie >]
	Othmane, G. [> > > >]
	Vrielynck, Olivier [Service public de Wallonie > Direction de l'archéologie > > >]
	Calvo Del Castillo, Helena [Université de Liège - ULiège > > Centre européen en archéométrie - Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie >]
	Chene, Grégoire [Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie - Centre européen en archéométrie >]
	Dupuis, Thomas [Université de Liège - ULiège > > Centre européen en archéométrie >]
	Strivay, David [Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique nucléaire, atomique et spectroscopie - Centre européen en archéométrie >]
Publication date :	2010
Journal title :	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	268
Issue/season :	11-12
Pages :	2078-2082
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0168-583X
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	The Netherlands
Abstract :	[en] New improvements on our archaeometry line at the cyclotron of the Institute of Nuclear and Atomic Physics and of Spectrometry of the University of Liege have allowed the use of PIXE/PIGE and IBIL in-air for the analysis of cultural heritage objects. The extraction is performed through a 100 nm thick Si3N4 window. The detection set-up consists now of two X-ray and one gamma-ray detectors, together with a fiber optic UV-visible spectrometer. This set-up has already been tested for the analysis of modern corundum [1] and is now adapted to the analysis of archaeological artefacts. In this work, we have used it to analyse 216 out of the 5000 Merovingian glass beads that come from the necropolis of Bossut-Gottechain (Belgium), one of the most important ever found in Belgium. The IBA analyses confirmed the typological division of different beads groups through chemical composition that gives us new insights on fabrication techniques of glass matrices and colorants. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/76714
DOI :	10.1016/j.nimb.2010.02.058

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