by A. Perea, A. Climent-Font, M. Fernández-Jiménez, O. Enguita, P. C. Gutiérrez, S. Calusi, A. Migliori and I. Montero
Abstract:
The visigothic treasure of Torredonjimeno (Jaén, Spain) was found by chance in the year 1926 buried in an olive grove. The finding consisted of some hundreds fragments of gold objects and gems coming from several votive crowns and crosses, some of them belonging to an unidentified visigothic king. The treasure may belong chronologically to the same period as the Guarrazar treasure or, possibly, to a somewhat later time, but the pieces are fragmented and of less technological workmanship than the latter. This is the reason why the Torredonjimeno treasure has not attracted as much attention from archeologists and art historians as that from Guarrazar. On the occasion of an exhibition showing together all the objects of the treasure, it is normally kept in three different museums in Barcelona, Cordoba and Madrid, a number of pieces were analyzed, using PIXE, PIGE and RBS, at the external microbeam facility installed at the Center for Micro-Analysis of Materials.
Reference:
A. Perea, A. Climent-Font, M. Fernández-Jiménez, O. Enguita, P. C. Gutiérrez, S. Calusi, A. Migliori and I. Montero, “The visigothic treasure of Torredonjimeno (Jaén, Spain): A study with IBA techniques”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, vol. 249, no. 1, pp. 638–641.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{perea_visigothic_2006,
series = {Ion {Beam} {Analysis}},
title = {The visigothic treasure of {Torredonjimeno} ({Jaén}, {Spain}): {A} study with {IBA} techniques},
volume = {249},
issn = {0168-583X},
shorttitle = {The visigothic treasure of {Torredonjimeno} ({Jaén}, {Spain})},
url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X06003338},
doi = {10.1016/j.nimb.2006.03.071},
abstract = {The visigothic treasure of Torredonjimeno (Jaén, Spain) was found by chance in the year 1926 buried in an olive grove. The finding consisted of some hundreds fragments of gold objects and gems coming from several votive crowns and crosses, some of them belonging to an unidentified visigothic king. The treasure may belong chronologically to the same period as the Guarrazar treasure or, possibly, to a somewhat later time, but the pieces are fragmented and of less technological workmanship than the latter. This is the reason why the Torredonjimeno treasure has not attracted as much attention from archeologists and art historians as that from Guarrazar. On the occasion of an exhibition showing together all the objects of the treasure, it is normally kept in three different museums in Barcelona, Cordoba and Madrid, a number of pieces were analyzed, using PIXE, PIGE and RBS, at the external microbeam facility installed at the Center for Micro-Analysis of Materials.},
number = {1},
urldate = {2017-07-21},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms},
author = {Perea, A. and Climent-Font, A. and Fernández-Jiménez, M. and Enguita, O. and Gutiérrez, P. C. and Calusi, S. and Migliori, A. and Montero, I.},
month = aug,
year = {2006},
keywords = {RBS, Archaeometry, PIXE, 82.80.Yc, PIGE, 29.17.+w, 81.05.Bx, 81.90.+c, 89.20.−a, Torredonjimeno treasure},
pages = {638--641},
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}