Welding brazing and soldering of gold and silver by the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao”

Roberto Cesareo; Angel Bustamante; Régulo Franco Jordán; Arabel Fernandez; Soraia Azeredo; Ricardo T. Lopes; Walter Alva; Luis Chero; Antonio Brunetti; Giovanni E. Gigante; Stefano Ridolfi

Welding brazing and soldering of gold and silver by the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao”

Roberto Cesareo, Angel Bustamante, Régulo Franco Jordán, Arabel Fernandez, Soraia Azeredo, Ricardo T. Lopes, Walter Alva, Luis Chero, Antonio Brunetti, Giovanni E. Gigante, Stefano Ridolfi

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Abstract

About 200 gold and silver funerary ornaments from the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao” were analyzed to determine their metallurgic characteristics. Of particular interest was the question about the gold-silver joining process. To this aim, following methods were employed, all based on the use of X-rays: -energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence; -transmission of monoenergetic fluorescent X-rays; -radiography. At least three joining methods were possibly identified: -of gluing gold and silver sheets; -of brazing using a proper solder; -of using a mercury amalgam.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017
Publisher	International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
Pages	240-243
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510858183
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017 - Lecce, Italy Duration: 23 Oct 2017 → 25 Oct 2017

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Name	IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017

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Conference	IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lecce
Period	23/10/17 → 25/10/17

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Cesareo, R., Bustamante, A., Jordán, R. F., Fernandez, A., Azeredo, S., Lopes, R. T., Alva, W., Chero, L., Brunetti, A., Gigante, G. E., & Ridolfi, S. (2019). Welding brazing and soldering of gold and silver by the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao”. In IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017 (pp. 240-243). (IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017). International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO).

Cesareo, Roberto ; Bustamante, Angel ; Jordán, Régulo Franco et al. / Welding brazing and soldering of gold and silver by the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao”. IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017. International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), 2019. pp. 240-243 (IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017).

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Welding brazing and soldering of gold and silver by the Moche tombs “Señor de Sipán” and “Señora de Cao”. / Cesareo, Roberto; Bustamante, Angel; Jordán, Régulo Franco et al.
IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017. International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), 2019. p. 240-243 (IMEKO International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2017).

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