ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

The Bronze Age from Iberian Peninsula and its metalwork

Abstract: The study aims to provide information about manufacturing technologies and internal morphology of 10 leaded bronzes palstaves, containing a ball of pure lead in their bulk, coming from a wide collection held in the British Museum and dated between the Late Bronze Age and the earliest Iron Age (1000 B.C. – 650 B.C.). The study will be performed at IMAT beamline through neutron radiography (NR) and tomography (NT) using both standard and energy dispersive setups. The proposed experiment is part of a large-range characterisation campaign on this collection of axes coming from different sites of the Iberian Peninsula. It aims to fully characterise 10 objects made of leaded/tin bronze through integrated neutron techniques (neutron imaging, diffraction, chemical/isotopic bulk analysis) at ISIS Spallation Neutron Source and X-ray based techniques (x-ray radiographies, XRF) at the British Museum

Principal Investigator: Dr Giulia Festa
Experimenter: Dr Joe Kelleher
Experimenter: Professor Carla Andreani
Experimenter: Dr Xose-Lois Armada-Pita
Local Contact: Dr Winfried Kockelmann
Experimenter: Dr Ignacio Montero
Experimenter: Professor Marcos Martinon-Torres
Experimenter: Miss Laura Arcidiacono

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1820107

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1820107

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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