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Combined application of imaging techniques for the characterization and authentication of ancient weapons

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Non-invasive experimental methods play an important role in the field of cultural heritage. Benefiting from the technical progress in recent years, neutron imaging has been demonstrated to complement effectively studies based on surface analysis, allowing for a non-invasive characterization of the whole three-dimensional volume. This study focuses on a kris and a kanjar, two weapons from ancient Asia, to show the potential of the combined use of X-ray and neutron imaging techniques for the characterisation of the manufacturing methods and the authentication of objects of cultural and historical interest.

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  1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

    Filomena Salvemini, Francesco Grazzi & Marco Zoppi

  2. Bragg Institute, ANSTO, Sidney, Australia

    Filomena Salvemini

  3. Helmholtz Zentrum, Berlin, Germany

    Nikolay Kardjilov, Frank Wieder & Ingo Manke

  4. Wallace Collection, London, UK

    David Edge & Alan Williams

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Salvemini, F., Grazzi, F., Kardjilov, N. et al. Combined application of imaging techniques for the characterization and authentication of ancient weapons. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 132, 228 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11496-6

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