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Investigation of Organic Materials From the ‘Royal’ Burials of Xiongnu (Noin-Ula, Mongolia) by Srxrf and XAFS Methods. Full article

Journal

Archaeometry
ISSN: 0003-813X , E-ISSN: 1475-4754

Output data

Year: 2015, Volume: 57, Number: 6, Pages: 1060-1077 Pages count : 19 DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12109

Tags

Hair, Iron Age, Mongolia, SEM, SRXRF, X-ray tomography, XAFS, Xiongnu

Authors

Trunova V. ¹ , Zvereva V. ¹ , Polosmak N. ² , Kochubey D. ³ , Kriventsov V. ³ , Kuper K. ⁴

Affiliations

1	Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Lavrentyev Av. 3, Russian Federation
2	Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Lavrentyev Av. 17, Russian Federation
3	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Lavrentyev Av. 5, Russian Federation
4	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Lavrentyev Av. 11, Russian Federation

Funding (1)

Russian Foundation for Basic Research

10-06-00406 (01201158117)

The burials of famous Xiongnu people are a unique source of information about Xiongnu culture, due to the variety of organic findings. SRXRF analysis of hair, clay, bones, teeth and woollen cloth was carried out. An anomalously high copper content was observed in all hair samples, whereas the levels of copper in bone and clay were low. To define the hair morphology and the elemental distribution in the hair cross-section, high-resolution X-ray computed tomography (HRXCT) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used. The X-ray absorption fine-structure method (XAFS) was applied to determine the local copper environment. The majority of the copper species in the hair and enamel samples are present as Cu2+ cations in a distorted octahedral (4 + 2) coordination, surrounded by light ligands (oxygen/nitrogen). A similar distorted octahedral coordination is typical for both inorganic mixed oxide/hydroxide Cu nanosystems and metal–organic Cu complexes (with oxygen/nitrogen).

Trunova V. , Zvereva V. , Polosmak N. , Kochubey D. , Kriventsov V. , Kuper K.
Investigation of Organic Materials From the ‘Royal’ Burials of Xiongnu (Noin-Ula, Mongolia) by Srxrf and XAFS Methods.
Archaeometry. 2015. V.57. N6. P.1060-1077. DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12109 WOS Scopus РИНЦ AN OpenAlex

Submitted:	Apr 29, 2013
Accepted:	Feb 19, 2014
Published online:	May 26, 2014
Published print:	Dec 1, 2015

Web of science:	WOS:000363697500008
Scopus:	2-s2.0-84945304902
Elibrary:	24967210
Chemical Abstracts:	2015:1777309
OpenAlex:	W1899895527

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