Metallographic Studies of Selected Eneolithic and Bronze Age Artifacts from Poland

Abstract:

This work presents the results of metallographic studies performed on four Eneolithic and Bronze Age artifacts from Poland. All of them are of none archaeological context therefore its academic value is strongly reduced. The aim of this work is to deal with such a reduced data in a way of improving and verifing current state of knowledge about the artifacts. In order to achieve this goal elemental composition (XRF), microstructure analysis (SEM-EDS), macrostructure analysis (optical microscopy) and 3D scanning were performed.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 682)
• Pages: 151-159
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.682.151
• Online since: February 2016
• Authors: Józef Szczepan Suchy, Aldona Garbacz-Klempka*, Kamil Adamczak, Łukasz Kowalski, Janusz Kozana, Małgorzata Perek-Nowak, Michał Szucki, Marcin Piękoś
• Keywords: 3D Scanning, Archaeometallurgy, Bronze Age, Eneolithic, SEM-EDS, XRF

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