Detectors are a key feature of the contemporary scientific approach to cultural heritage (CH),
both for diagnostics and conservation. INFN-CHNet is the network of the Italian National …

Ion microbeam facilities are analytical tools with high spatial resolution exploiting MeV ion
beams. The interactions of beam particles with atoms and nuclei of the target induce the …

Lapis lazuli is one of the oldest precious stone, being used for glyptic as early as 7,000
years ago: jewels, amulets, seals, and inlays are examples of objects produced using this …

In this paper we report about the micro-PIXE characterisation of lapis lazuli, for a
provenance study of this semi-precious stone, used for glyptic as early as 7000years ago …

Abstract Despite that the Badakhshan Province (Afghanistan) remains the most plausible
hypothesis for the lapis lazuli used in antiquity, alternatives proposed in literature are worth …

Lapis lazuli has been used for glyptics and carving since the fifth millennium BC to produce
jewels, amulets, seals, inlays, etc; the identification of the origin of the stone used for carving …

This paper presents new developments on the provenance study of lapis lazuli started by
our group in 2008: during the years a multi-technique approach has been exploited to obtain …

The first part of this study reports on the wide campaign for the extension of the database of
both trace and minor elements concentration in diopside by means of μ-PIXE measurements …

Ants possess several features that make them good candidates as indicators of
environmental contamination. Concentrations of six metals (Cu, Cd, Ni, Mn, Pb and Zn) were …

New improvements on our archaeometry line at the cyclotron of the Institute of Nuclear and
Atomic Physics and of Spectrometry of the University of Liège have allowed the use of …