Non-metallic decorative inlays in La Tène jewellery - contribution of archaeometry to the understanding of production technologies

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68378271:_____/24:00585200 RIV/61389005:_____/24:00585200 RIV/60461373:22310/24:43929936 RIV/60461373:22330/24:43929936 RIV/60461373:22810/24:43929936

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01963-0" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01963-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-01963-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12520-024-01963-0</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Non-metallic decorative inlays in La Tène jewellery - contribution of archaeometry to the understanding of production technologies

Original language description

The study provides a detailed investigation into several representatives of La Tene jewellery. Primarily, it deals with non-metallic decorative inlays from the Late La Tene period, particularly with their application on a metal base. Unique artefacts have been selected for the study, all coming from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A prime representative of the finds is a torc coming from a La Tene burial site in Prague (Czech Republic, Central Europe). In this geographical context, such finds are rather exceptional. The torc examined is remarkable both in terms of its origin and the production technology utilised, namely the application of decorative inlays made of red opaque glass. Available literature classifies this decorative element as an enamel technique. The highly specific type of red soda high-lead glass applied there was examined using LA-ICP-MS. Based on the trace elements detected, it can be established that the glass is most likely related to contemporary Egyptian production. Other items of the artefact set consist of two Munsingen brooches from Moravia and an exceptional brooch from Slovakia. The latter find was found to be decorated with coral (as confirmed by Raman spectroscopy). Besides identifying the materials of the decorations, we were also able to characterize the binder between individual decorative inlays and their metal base. The analysis of the binder has revealed the presence of birch tar (determined by FTIR and GC/MS). The results obtained expand the knowledge about the production technologies applied to the jewellery from the La Tene period.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10505 - Geology

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

ISSN

1866-9557

e-ISSN

1866-9565

Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

60

UT code for WoS article

001189615700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85188473716