Abstract
Archeological mortars are often composed of highly inhomogeneous materials and detailed analysis in most cases can be quite difficult. In this work, a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) equipment with microscopic-scale spatial resolution was used to image the distribution of elements on real archeological samples of mortars and construction material used in the foundations of the Smederevo Fortress (Republic of Serbia). A double-pulse Nd:YAG at the fundamental wavelength (λ = 1064 nm) and a CCD spectrometer coupled with a commercial microscope were used to generate the plasma and acquire the LIBS spectra. Thanks to the combined use of an unsupervised clustering algorithm and the calibration-free procedure, the results obtained show that it is possible to obtain a good discrimination between materials of different composition, allowing a quick classification for further mineral-petrographic investigations.
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