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Archaeometric Analysis of Ancient Copper Artefacts by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Technique

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Twelve archaeological copper objects from the burial site of “Fontino” cave, near Grosseto, (around 2500–2000 B.C.) were analysed using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Qualitative results and a preliminary study of the samples’ composition are reported and used to make a quantitative estimate; based on these results, the samples were classified using principal components statistical analysis. The perspectives of using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for archaeometric analysis are also discussed.

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  1. Applied Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory, IPCF/CNR, Via G.Moruzzi, I-1-56124, Pisa, Italy

    Michela Corsi, Gabriele Cristoforetti, Marcella Giuffrida, Montserrat Hidalgo, Stefano Legnaioli, Vincenzo Palleschi, Azenio Salvetti, Elisabetta Tognoni & Chiara Vallebona

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Florence University, Via Santa Marta, I-3-50139, Florence, Italy

    Leonardo Masotti

  3. El.En. Group Hi Tech Laser Systems, Via Baldanzese, I-17-50041, Florence, Calenzano, Italy

    Leonardo Masotti & Alessandro Zanini

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Corsi, M., Cristoforetti, G., Giuffrida, M. et al. Archaeometric Analysis of Ancient Copper Artefacts by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Technique. Microchim Acta 152, 105–111 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-005-0388-6

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