The Earrings of Pancas Treasure: analytical study

PAPER, PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B, AuCORRE PROJECT 

• I. Tissot^a, M. Tissot^a,b, M. Manso^c, L. Alves^d, M. A. Barreiros^e, T. Marcelo^e, M. L. Carvalho^c, V. Corregidor^d e M. F. Guerra^f. 2013. The Earrings of Pancas Treasure: analytical study by X-ray based techniques, Original Research Article, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol. 306, July, pp. 236-240, ISSN 0168-583X
  The Earrings of Pancas Treasure: analytical study by X-ray based techniques
  
  ^{a Archeofactu b National Museum of Archaeology c Centre for Atomic Physics, University of Lisboa
  d Institute of Nuclear Technology/Instituto Superior Técnico - UL
  e National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG)
  f Research and Restoration Centre of the Museums of France and UMR8220 CNRS}
  
  

^{Abstract
The development of new metallurgical technologies in the Iberian Peninsula during the Iron Age is well represented by the 10 gold earrings from the treasure of Pancas. This work presents a first approach to the analytical study of these earrings and contributes to the construction of a typological evolution of the Iberian earrings. The manufacture techniques and the alloys composition were studied with three complementary X-ray spectroscopy techniques: portable EDXRF, µ-PIXE and SEM–EDS. The results were compared with earrings from the same and previous periods.}