A SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF THE ANCIENT JEWELS FOUND IN THE IBIDA SITE, ROMANIA

A scientific investigation of objects discovered in archaeological dig sites involves a high interdisciplinary intake of methods and techniques of related disciplines, such as chemistry, physics, archeology, art history, geology, biology, etc. The present paper presents the results of the analysis, carried out by corroborating SEM-EDX and micro-FTIR techniques, of jewels discovered during the archaeological excavations from Ibida in the village Slava Rusa, the city of Tulcea, Romania. These studies helped establish the characteristics of the materials the jewelry were made of, to identify the type of alloy, in order to determine the area of origin of the raw materials and the processing technology, based on which one can evaluate the economic and social changes over time, with their integration into the cultural space.