An Interim Investigation of the Potential of Vibrational Spectroscopy for the Dating of Cultural Objects in Ivory
Radiocarbon dating of ivory requires destructive sampling on a scale not always compatible with the requirements of the preservation and curation of cultural objects. Th e development of a minimally-destructive dating technique is urgently needed. Raman spectroscopy can detect the changes in the organic and inorganic molecular components of ivory that occur with time. It has been suggested that these ... Read more