%0 Journal Article %T A Study on Specific Archaeometric Characteristics of Garment Accessories found in the Ibida Site, Romania %A Dan APARASCHIVEI %A Viorica VASILACHE %A Ion SANDU %J International Journal of Conservation Science %D 2012 %I Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi %X Our paper presents the composition and the morphological characteristics of the surface and interior of certain garment accessories found during the archaeological diggings made at Ibida, in Slava Rus , Tulcea county, Romania. Based on that, we evaluated a series of archaeometric attributes concerning their evolution from disposal to discovery. Our study involved the EDX and micro-FTIR techniques. By corroborating those analyses we could establish the composition of the base alloy and of the compounds that formed underground. %K ancient metals %K archaeology %K archaeometry %K EDX %K micro-FTIR. %U http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-03-Aparaschivei.pdf