Natural Fe-bearing ochres ranging in color from yellow to deep red and brown abound on
earth's crust. Quite often, ochres can be used for pigmenting purposes upon little or no …

The faking and forgery of works of art and antiquities is probably now more extensive than
ever before. The frauds are aided by new technologies, from ink jet printers to epoxy resins …

Nuclear fusion between protons and boron-11 nuclei has undergone a revival of interest
thanks to the rapid progress in pulsed laser technology. Potential applications of such …

This article demonstrates the accuracy of non-destructive portable X-ray fluorescence
(pXRF) for the study of obsidian in central Mexico. Obsidian sources were identified for a …

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was used in the examination of Bronze Age
painted plaster samples from several sites in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. The …

Within the framework of the project “Jewelmed”(ICA3-1999-10020), the chemical
composition of 34 gold and four silver jewels was examined. These jewels belong to the …

The authors interpret two joining pieces of a brightly colored wall painting found at the
Palace of Nestor in 1939. The fragment, removed from the walls of the palace prior to its final …

“In situ” non-destructive characterization of the blue pigments present in the ceramic glazes
of Della Robbia sculptures have been carried out at the Bargello museum in Florence. PIXE …

In the last years a non-destructive protocol of analysis, based on the combined use of the
portable PIXE-alpha (particles induced X-ray emission), the XRF (X-ray florescence) …

The compositional analysis of archeological metals performed with the X-ray Fluorescence
technique (XRF) provides information on the ancient technology. One of the most interesting …