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DNRF Photo Competition 2021 - 3rd Prize: Perfect Cast

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Heide Wrobel Nørgaard (Recipient)

Moesgaard Museum

A crystallographic structure of a prehistoric bronze from Sardinia wins 3rd prize in the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2021

Awarded date	19 Mar 2021
Degree of recognition	National
Granting Organisations	Danmarks Grundforskningsfond

Research areas

Archaeology, Bronze Age, Metallography

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The winner of the 3rd prize in the DNRF’s Photo Competition 2021 is a picture of a microscopic fragment of an ankle on a small bronze figure from Sardinia from about 900 BC. The small piece of metal is a mixture of copper and tin and has been exposed to a crystallographic examination that highlights the colorful and patterned structure that may also hide important information about the craftsman behind it, as well as the trading networks from the time the bronze figure was made.

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