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The Temperature of Fusion of a Celtic Vitrified Fort: a Feasibility Study of the Application of the Raman Microprobe to the Non‐Destructive Characterization of Unprepared Archaeological Objects
Author(s) -
Smith David C.,
Vernioles Jean Dominique
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of raman spectroscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1097-4555
pISSN - 0377-0486
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4555(199702)28:2/3<195::aid-jrs86>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - microprobe , raman spectroscopy , geology , mineralogy , characterization (materials science) , sample (material) , cristobalite , archaeology , materials science , geochemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , optics , history , paleontology , quartz , physics , nanotechnology , chromatography
A Raman microprobe was employed to try to find and identify mineralogical geothermometric markers in an untreated raw sample of part of the wall of an ancient vitrified fort. The results are compared with those for Libyan Desert Glass which reveals a remarkably similar very high‐temperature petrological association: glass+α‐cristobalite. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.