Autentificarea a două brăţări antice implicând tehnica SEM-EDX

Abstract

During archaeological excavations we uncovered two bracelets from the fourth century AD. The first one is of iron and was found in the necropolis of Branişte (Nemţişor village, Vânători-Neamţ commune, Neamţ County), belongs to the Carpathian Tumuli Culture. The second bracelet is of bronze and was found in Hârlău (Iaşi county), the Culture Sântana de Mureş – Černjachow habitation level. These bracelets were studied by the SEM-EDX technique, which allowed identification of the chemical elements in the patina and of the base alloy from the contaminated or alloy. The two bracelets, somewhat similar structural-functionally and as dimensions and the material came from areas very close to each other (Central Europe and possibly Altântepe-Dobrudja?), but from different ores.

Keywords: bracelet, necropolis, burial tumulus, Carpathian Tumuli Culture, Sântana de Mureş – Černjachow Culture.