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Spectroscopic Characterization of Iron Slags from the Archaeological Sites of Brâncovenesti, Calugareni and Vatava Located on the Mures County (Romania) Sector of the Roman Limes

Eniko Bitay    
Irina Kacsó    
Claudiu Tanaselia    
Dana Toloman    
Gheorghe Borodi    
Szilamér-Péter Pánczél    
Zsombor Kisfaludi-Bak and Erzsébet Veress    

Resumen

Iron slag samples unearthed from archaeological sites lying on the Eastern limes sector of Roman Dacia (the Brâncovenesti and Calugareni auxiliary forts and the Vatava watchtower) were studied in order to assess the probability of local iron working (smelting and smithing) during the 2nd?3rd centuries CE. Structural-mineralogic aspects revealed by PXRD analysis and FTIR spectroscopy indicate different slag types corresponding to different iron production and processing stages allowing the supposition that refining of the bloom and processing of the refined iron took place on the sites. The FTIR absorption bands obtained in the spectral domain 2000?400 cm-1 show that mineralogically the samples are constituted mainly of silicates associated with minor quantities of aluminates and carbonates. The fayalite, haematite, and magnetite phases appearing on both the X-ray diffractograms and the FTIR spectra agree with the redox conditions of the slag formation process which result from the Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio determined using the EPR-method. The bulk macro-elemental PXRF and ICP-MS spectroscopy data support the slag typization proposed on the basis of the probable working conditions; trace-elemental bulk composition suggests that the provenance of the raw materials may be different.

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