Millefiori glasswork technique in the Migration Period: Investigation of beads with the use of nondestructive X-ray fluorescence micro-analysis
Abstract
This article shows how a non-destructive X-ray fluorescence micro-analysis enabled us to describe the elemental composition and the production technology of a unique millefiori bead that was found in a burial ground in Kyjov (Hodonin district, Czech Republic) dating back to the Migration Period. This graveyard includes more than 250 graves belonging to the Germanic Lombard tribe that were carefully explored in 2010. Only a few Langobardic burial grounds have been revealed in the Moravia until now. This burial ground is therefore a remarkable find, to which particular attention has been paid. The main aim of our project was to provide a proper description of the production technology for the millefiori bead.
- Publication:
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Radiation Physics and Chemistry
- Pub Date:
- November 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.01.020
- Bibcode:
- 2015RaPC..116..332H
- Keywords:
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- Bead;
- Glass;
- Millefiori;
- X-ray fluorescence;
- Microanalysis