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Determination of the origin of the medieval glass bracelets discovered in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia using the neutron activation analysis

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The work is dedicated to the determination of the origin of archaeological finds from medieval glass using the method of neutron activation analysis (NAA). Among such objects we can discover not only things produced in ancient Russian glassmaking workshops but also imported from Byzantium. The authors substantiate the ancient Russian origin of the medieval glass bracelets of pre-Mongol period, found on the ancient Dubna settlement. The conclusions are based on data about the glass chemical composition obtained as a result of NAA of 10 fragments of bracelets at the IBR-2 reactor (Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research).

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  1. Dubna State University, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141982, Russia

    S. O. Dmitrieva

  2. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    M. V. Frontasyeva & A. Yu. Dmitriev

  3. Municipal Budget Educational Institution of Additional Education of Children “Center for Children’s and Youth Tourism and Excursions of Dubna,”, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980, Russia

    A. A. Dmitriev

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Dmitrieva, S.O., Frontasyeva, M.V., Dmitriev, A.A. et al. Determination of the origin of the medieval glass bracelets discovered in Dubna, Moscow region, Russia using the neutron activation analysis. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 14, 239–243 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477117010101

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