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Provenance of early bronze age metal artefacts in western Switzerland using elemental and lead isotopic compositions and their possible relation with copper minerals of the nearby Valais

Cattin, Florence ; Guénette-Beck, Barbara ; Curdy, Philippe ; Meisser, Nicolas ; Ansermet, Stefan ; Hofmann, Beda ; Kündig, Rainer ; Hubert, Vera ; Wörle, Marie ; Hametner, Kathrin ; Günther, Detlef ; Wichser, Adrian ; Ulrich, Andrea ; Villa, Igor M. ; Besse, Marie

In: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, p. -

Ten Early Bronze Age (BzA1, 2200-2000 BC) copper artefacts from the central Valais region from Switzerland were studied for their elemental composition and lead isotope ratios. In order to answer the archaeological question of a local copper supply, a database for copper minerals across the Valais (Switzerland) has been established. This database contains 69 data on lead isotope ratios as well as...

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Sulfur isotope analysis of cinnabar from Roman wall paintings by elemental analysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry – tracking the origin of archaeological red pigments and their authenticity

Spangenberg, Jorge E. ; Lavrič, Jošt V. ; Meisser, Nicolas ; Serneels, Vincent

In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 2010, vol. 24, no. 19, p. 2812-2816

The most valuable pigment of the Roman wall paintings was the red color obtained from powdered cinnabar (Minium Cinnabaris pigment), the red mercury sulfide (HgS), which was brought from mercury (Hg) deposits in the Roman Empire. To address the question of whether sulfur isotope signatures can serve as a rapid method to establish the provenance of the red pigment in Roman frescoes, we...

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