This is History Microprobe Analyses Decipher Identities of Metallur gical Artifacts

摘要

Indiana, we are simply passing through history. This, this is history." Belloq's line referring to the Ark of the Covenan from Raiders of the Lost Ark highlights the role of artifacts in understanding historical truth. Technologies such as element mapping and microanalysis techniques enable archaeologists to play historical detectives, deciphering artifacts to contribute to our knowledge of the past. According to Dr. Robert Gordon, a Yale professor in Geology and Geophysics, "The intellectual challenge of examining the artifacts transmits a historical record and enlightens our understanding of people's interaction with materials and the natural world." Artifacts stand as silent and irrefutable witnesses to history and the technology of their eras.