On the Mystery of One Bead
Journal: Nanobiotechnology Reports
Year: 2022

Abstract The results of studying a biconical glass bead (14th century) found during excavations by the Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences, at the settlement of Rostislavl (urban district of Kolomna, Moscow oblast) in 2018 are presented. The studied bead specimen differs significantly from all beads traditionally found during excavations in this region. A combination of a complex of imaging methods (X-ray and neutron tomography), large-scale X-ray fluorescence mapping of the di