https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2017-11496-6
Regular Article
Combined application of imaging techniques for the characterization and authentication of ancient weapons
1
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
2
Bragg Institute, ANSTO, Sidney, Australia
3
Helmholtz Zentrum, Berlin, Germany
4
Wallace Collection, London, UK
* e-mail: filomena.salvemini@ansto.gov.au
Received:
10
February
2016
Accepted:
8
April
2017
Published online:
24
May
2017
Non-invasive experimental methods play an important role in the field of cultural heritage. Benefiting from the technical progress in recent years, neutron imaging has been demonstrated to complement effectively studies based on surface analysis, allowing for a non-invasive characterization of the whole three-dimensional volume. This study focuses on a kris and a kanjar, two weapons from ancient Asia, to show the potential of the combined use of X-ray and neutron imaging techniques for the characterisation of the manufacturing methods and the authentication of objects of cultural and historical interest.
© Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2017
