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Conservators and archaeologists share common interests around the preservation of important iconographic information as manifest in physical remnants, but there has long been an “uneasy [...]

In the conventional 14C method, age is determined on the basis of accurate measurement of beta-ray decay rate. In the new method, the individual 14C atoms are counted in a sample by using an [...]

Applications of a diamond cell microsampling device for infrared spectrophotometric examinations and the results of such examinations on a wide range of art and archaeological materials are [...]

Untreated waterlogged wooden artifacts must often be kept submerged in water for extended periods of time prior to treatment. These conditions provide an ideal environment for the growth of [...]

This paper deals with the mineralogical processes that occur during the firing of ceramics and examines their relevance to the determination of the firing temperatures of ancient ceramics. It is [...]

The paper illustrates the usefulness of technical information in firming up a difficult chronology. The results of the semi-quantitative X-ray fluorescence analysis of worn coins allowed the [...]

A brief description of technique and several applications of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and argon ion etching to problems in the archaeology and conservation of mummy cartonnage, [...]

For a great many years, archaeologists have been recovering ancient artifacts made from pottery, obsidian, chert and metals. In many cases, the origin of the artefacts can be deduced only from [...]

Objects of natural rubber or with rubber components can be found in many museum collections. However, as a relatively recent material, there has been only limited study of rubber by conservators. [...]