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Christian-Heinrich Wunderlich

Christian-Heinrich Wunderlich
Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie - Sachsen-Anhalt · Ref 54 Archäologische restaurierung, Chemie

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Jahresschrift für Mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte 98, 2021, 9-62. Abstract Why the Nebra Sky Disc Dates to the Early Bronze Age. An Overview of the Interdisciplinary Research Results It is not unusual that archaeological finds come under renewed scrutiny. This is an important part in the progress of scientific research. All the more so when importan...
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From a scientific point of view, archaeologists succeeded in finding a real »treasure trove« in 2005: During an archaeological excavation in the old town of Magdeburg, about 450 mostly completely preserved stone moulds from the 13th century were unearthed in a single rubbish pit. This find thus represents the largest of its kind in Europe to date a...
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It is not unusual that archaeological finds come under renewed scrutiny. This is actually an important part in the progress of scientific research. All the more so when important and ground-breaking discoveries are involved, like the Nebra Sky Disc, which is listed among the UNESCO “Memory of the World”. However, in most cases a new assessment is b...
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As scientific sub-project of research unit FOR550, module NW1 addressed the aesthetic factors of Bronze Age metal objects and their ornamentation. In addition to widely distributed decorative techniques like chasing and engraving, less frequently occurring techniques were also examined in detail. On the basis of the Nebra Sky Disc and its associate...
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Zusammenfassung Der Verwitterungsprozess von fossilem und archäologischem Bernstein erfolgt unter Einfluss von Wasser. Bei der Verwitterung werden u. a. Esterbindungen verseift. Außerdem verlassen kleinmolekulare, wasserlösliche Verbindungen die Bernsteinmatrix; ein Teil von ihnen fluoresziert. Unverwitterter Bernstein zeigt cyanblaue Fluoreszenz i...
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A wide variety of well-preserved textile finds and leather objects from four archaeological sites, situated in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China), covering a time span from the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE to the 1st or even 3rd century CE, were analyzed by state-of-the-art analytical techniques with regard to the utilized fiber a...
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A number of well-preserved garments from the ancient cemetery of Yanghai located in the Turfan Depression have been excavated from zone I and III of the burial ground of Yanghai and analyzed in this study. All textiles investigated in this study consist of keratinic fibers from animals. For selected samples an unambiguous dating has been performed...
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Geometrical, ornamental and pictorial decorations are to be found on a variety of metal objects of the Early Bronze Age north of the Alps. They were applied to the objects by means of various techniques, mostly to enhance their visual appearance. Besides frequently used decorating techniques, there are also those which are considered exotic in...
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The Nebra Sky Disc is one of the most thoroughly researched archaeological finds in Germany. The synopsis of criminological findings, independent confessions of the treasure hunters and receivers involved, archaeological re-excavations and diverse scientific analyses, particularly of the malachite patina, associated with astronomical and cultural-h...
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Constitution and Colour of Alizarin and Purpurin Dyes The colour of madder dyes used as pigment in antiquity and in the last centuries is produced mainly by metal complexes of alizarin ( 1 ) and purpurin ( 2 ). Single crystals of aluminium calcium alizarinate and purpurinate are obtained by two‐phase crystallization. X‐ray structure determinations...
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Durch Kristallisation in Gelen erhält man aus Gallussäure und Eisen(III)-chlorid Einkristalle, die einen der wesentlichen Farbstoffe der Eisengallustinte darstellen dürften. Die Struktur besteht aus einem hexagonalen Gallussäure-Eisen-1: 1-Gerüst, in dessen Kanälen Hydronium-Ionen den Ladungsausgleich bewirken. Die Oxidationsstufe drei des Eisens w...

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