title: An attempt to date an antique Benin bronze using neutron resonance capture analysis.
abstract: Neutron resonance capture analysis was applied to a bronze commemorative plaque from the West-African country Benin. By comparison with recently published element compositions of Benin memorial heads, the alloy of the plaque could be dated to the period 1725-1897 AD. In the analysis procedure, the object was not damaged, cleaned or altered, and very little long-lived radioactivity was induced.
authors.affiliation: Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, Netherlands. blaauw@iri.tudelft.nl
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blaauw
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Postma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mutti