"St Peter in Volders" and related base metal figurines resembling the famous statue in the Vatican Basilica
Cassitti, Patrick; Berger, Daniel; Fourlas, Benjamin (2013): „St Peter in Volders“ and related base metal figurines resembling the famous statue in the Vatican Basilica, in: Post-medieval archaeology : the journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, London: Soc., Jg. 47, Nr. 2, S. 323–358, doi: 10.1179/0079423613Z.00000000038.
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Post-medieval archaeology : the journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology
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0079-4236
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Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology
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2013
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47
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2
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English
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The reappraisal of an old find from Volders near Innsbruck, Austria, prompted new research on a group of base-metal statuettes that are miniature copies of the famous bronze statue of St Peter in the Vatican Basilica in Rome. Their age has been the subject of debate. This paper
examined several examples of such statuettes to solve the issue with the help of archaeometric analysis.
The analysis of the manufacturing technique and alloy composition provided important clues on the dating of the statuettes and allowed the historical interpretation of the group as a whole.
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Archäologie der Neuzeit
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Archäometallurgie
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Religionsgeschichte
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November 24, 2014

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