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A study of unique archaeological organic material from the burials of the aristocracy of the Xiongnu people (Noin-Ula, Nothern Mongolia) is performed by means of X-ray fluorescent analysis with synchrotron radiation (SRXRF), micro-SRXRF, X-ray absorption (XAFS), scanning electron microscopy, and high-resolution X-ray computed tomography.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Trunova, V.V. Zvereva, N.V. Polosmak, D.I. Kochubey, V.V. Kriventsov, K.E. Kuper, Ya.V. Rakshun, D.S. Sorokoletov, 2015, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2015, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 122–131.
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Trunova, V.A., Zvereva, V.V., Polosmak, N.V. et al. Investigating archaeological material from burials of the aristocracy of the Xiongnu people (Noin-Ula, Mongolia) by means of SRXRF, XAFS, and micro-SRXRF. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 79, 109–117 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873815010323
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