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CT role in micro excavation of ancient cremated urns from Mačkovac 2015, case report and review, an archeologist point of view

Paleoradiology was born almost at the same time as radiology and since its beginnings it is an important tool in archeology. Although conventional X-ray is used on a regular base, multi detector computed tomography as a microexvation tool is used very rarely. Our aim was to asess the role of CT in determining position of metal elements inside of these microexcavation sites. Eight (8) urns containing cremated remains from Croatian prehistoric site Mačkovac (Late Bronze Age) excavated in 2015, were scanned with MDCT unit (Emotion 16 ; Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany). Axial CT slices were obtained using 16x1.5 mm collimation and 16x1.2 mm respectively. The scanning parameters were 300 mA and 140 kV. In only one (1) specimen metal artifacts were found ; ring and pins. All metal was disposed to funeral pyre together with the remains of deceased person and altered due to high temperatures. Results were compared with findings from previous micro excavation (pins, rings, armrings and rounded phalera). CT provided important information before microexcavation, as position and the size of metal artifacts were determined, as they could have been destroyed during the archeological workup. In this case the position of metal finds inside container suggested again that they were first collected from the pyre. Once again we would emphasize that CT should be standard part of excavation process.

CT ; Paleoradiology ; Cremains ; MR ; UTE ; Forensics ; Ancient History ; Croatia

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