A Collection of Crepundiae in the State Museum-preserve “Tauric Chersonese”. An X-ray Fluorescent Analysis of Metallic Pendants-amulets of the First Centuries AD
Journal: Stratum plus Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
Year: 2025

The subject of this research is a collection of metallic pendants that is stored in the State museum-preserve “Tauric Chersonese”. The X-ray fluorescent analysis was conducted for the first time regarding this collection, which made it possible to perform a deeper analysis of the items’ alloys. A series of such analyses revealed specific patterns of morphological groups of the findings. Most of the pendants were made out of multicomponent brass (Cu-Zn-Sn, Cu-Zn-Pb, Cu-Zn-Sn-Pb), mainly with exce