Use of Negative Muons for elemental characterization of Nuragic votive ship

The idea behind the proposed experiment is to use muon negatives spectroscopy as a non-invasive and non-destructive probe for quantitative “bulk” analysis to be used in the archaeometric field for elemental characterization of artifacts and ancient objects. This project aims to perform the in-depth study with muons beam of metallic artifacts from the late Bronze-age found in different area of the Italy (Sardinia, Tuscany, Lazio and Campania regions. In particular the goal should be to achieve a series of measurements on homogeneous type objects from three different areas of the Italian peninsula all affected by contact with the Sardinian population. In particular it would be analyzed similar objects from different contexts.