The Ancient Charm Project : new neutron based imaging methods for cultural heritage studies

Schulze, Ralf and Szentmiklósi, László and Kis, Zoltán (2010) The Ancient Charm Project : new neutron based imaging methods for cultural heritage studies. Archeologia e Calcolatori , 21. pp. 281-299. ISSN 1120-6861

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Abstract

It has been shown in the frame of the Ancient Charm project that neutron based methods have a great potential for the investigation of cultural heritage objects. Several measurements on replicas and real objects have been performed, some still being under analysis. The main disadvantage of the 3D methods compared to their bulk counterparts is their reduced statistics, which limits sensitivity and increases the measurement time that is needed to get meaningful results. If one limits oneself to 2D space this drawback is reduced. As was shown for the 2D-PGAI the combination with a beforehand performed neutron tomography, together with some reasonable assumptions about the sample, can be used to deduce the 3D elemental distribution for not too complex objects. For relatively flat objects, like the belt mount that was shown here, the additional information obtained from a real 3D measurement may be negligible compared to the information gained from increased statistical significance. For the future the results of a full 3D scan of the real fibula and the 3D reconstruction from a NRT tomography can be expected.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Biró, K.T. (ed), Quantitative Methods for the Challenges in 21st Century Archaeology, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the UISPP 4th Commission (Budapest, Hungarian National Museum, 5-6 June 2009)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Virtual Reality and 3D Modelling;Archaeometry
Subjects:	900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 930.1 Archeologia (Classificare qui la Storia fino al 4000 a.C., l'Archeologia preistorica, le opere interdisciplinari sull'Archeologia) > 930.102 Archeologia - Opere miscellanee > 930.1028 Archeologia – Tecniche, metodologie, apparecchi e strumenti (comprende: Archeometria) 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 930.1 Archeologia (Classificare qui la Storia fino al 4000 a.C., l'Archeologia preistorica, le opere interdisciplinari sull'Archeologia) > 930.102 Archeologia - Opere miscellanee > 930.1028 Archeologia – Tecniche, metodologie, apparecchi e strumenti (comprende: Archeometria) > 930.10285 Archeologia – Applicazioni informatiche (comprende: tecniche di datazione)
Depositing User:	biblioteca 7
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2011 11:58
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2017 09:41
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/3323

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