Solving an historical puzzle: Radiocarbon dating the Capitoline she wolf
Lucio Calcagnile|Marisa D’Elia|Lucio Maruccio|Eugenia Braione|Alessandra Celant|Gianluca Quarta
Abstract The Capitoline she wolf is a Bronze statue located at the “Capitoline Museums” in Rome, Italy. extraordinary cultural and symbolic importance of mainly related to myth legendary origin city Rome. Though traditionally considered an Etruscan bronze, recently much more recent age was suggested on base consideration used casting technique. In this paper we present results AMS radiocarbon dating campaign carried out organic residues found cores recovered from inner part statue. obtained firmly anchor XI-XII centuries CE, Middle Ages.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms