Application of FTIR method to identify symbolic graves on the example of the Pomeranian culture face urn from Tuszkowo

• Authors: Stepanczak Beata , Dziegielewski Karol , Los Jozef , Szostek Krzysztof

Title variants

PL

Zastosowanie metody FTIR w identyfikacji grobów symbolicznych na przykładzie popielnicy twarzowej kultury pomorskiej z Tuszkowa

• Languages of publication: EN PL

Abstracts

EN

Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a basic tool used in biological sciences to characterise and identify various types of compounds or their mixtures. Lately it is in use also in archaeometry. The FTIR method can be useful for verifying symbolic graves (cenotaphs) or so-called vessels without bones. The a priori interpretation of such remains often raises doubts. The case analysed in the article is a fully preserved face urn discovered in a cist grave on the cemetery at Tuszkowo, Kujawsko-Pomorskie province. The presence of a thin (1 cm) layer of sand on the vessel's bottom might raise doubts concerning actual lack of human remains. To dissolve any doubts, the sediment's sample was analysed using the FTIR technique.

Keywords

EN

ARCHAEOLOGICAL METHODS; CENOTAPHS; EARLY IRON AGE; FTIR; POMERANIAN CULTURE

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 63
• Pages: 135-148
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

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Stepanczak Beata

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Dziegielewski Karol

• Instytut Archeologii, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, ul. Gołębia 11, 31007 Kraków, Poland

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Los Jozef

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Szostek Krzysztof

• Karol Dziegielewski, Instytut Archeologii, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, ul. Golebia 11, 31007 Krakow, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA10595