M. Járó - L. Költő szerk.: Archaeometrical research in Hungary (Budapest, 1988)
Selected Bibliography - Summaries
Benkő L.: Thermoluminescence dating: recent developments and applications in Hungary = MittArchlnst 14, pp. 307-312, 1985. A couple of important sites on the Hungarian Plain were selected for the TL programme. Experimental results are presented on the TL properties of pottery quartz grains originating from these sites. Measurements were performed with a special Harshaw 2000 analyser. The samples were linearly heated up to about 500°C at a rate of 10°C/s and, when needed, a pre-heat at 280 to 320° C was applied for 20 to 30 seconds. Taking into account the observations related to transparency effects, the potteries from the Copper Age cemetery at Tiszapolgár-Basatanya were investigated. Some of our results agree with the calibrated radiocarbon ages and show that the site is probably older than supposed by means of conventional methods. Benkő L : i Propress of TL dating in Hungary = Acta mterdisciplinaris Archaelogica, ALA Nitra, pp. 161-169, 1986. The TL technique used for the dating of potteries is presented. Instrumentation, sample preparation and dosimetry problems are outlined. Taking into account the effects of transparency differences of quartz grains, the experience and TL dates obtained with a number of potteries from a Copper Age cemetery on the Hungarian Plain are discussed in detail. Csapó J. — Pap I. — Költő L.: Separation and deteimination of optical isomer amino acids from fossil bones by thin layer chomatography = Budapest Chromatography Conference, the 7th Annual American—Eastern European Colloquium and Conference on Liquid Chromatography, Budapest, July 6-8,1987 pp. 14-15. The Agricultural University of Keszthely, Somogy County Museum and the Antropology Section of the Museum of Natural Sciences as a joint venture have initiated a method for determining the age by the racemization of amino acids. The preliminary experiments conducted on model compounds have yielded a favourable result in the separation of different amino acids. The separation takes place on chiral sheets and — after die formation of derivatives — on a silica gel thin layer and on a chromatographic liquid. Csapó J. - Pap I. - Költő L. - Terlaky-Balla É. - Tóth Pósfai L: Régészeti csontleletek optikai izomer aminosavainak szétválasztása és meghatározása vékonyréteg kromatográfiával (Separation and determination by thin layer chromatography of the optical isomer amino acids of archeological bone finds) = Dunántúli Analitikai és Környezetvédelmi Konferencia előadásai, Szombathely, 1987 Aug. 24-25.11-13.( In Hungarian) Based on the literature, up to now only aspartic acid, isoleucine and D—alloisoleucine have been used as optically active amino acids. Experiments conducted at the Kaposvár stock-raising faculty of the Agricultural University prove that except for glycine and triptophan all amino acid enantiomers can be separated, and due to their.diverging racemization speeds they provide on optimal result in determining the different archeological ages. Following the grouping based on racemization speeds a proposal is made to determine the different amino acid components of the bone finds of different ages.
