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| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Cyril Stanley Smith - In Memoriam | |
| Dedication to George L. Stout | |
| Notes for a History of Museum Science in the United States | |
| Examination and Analysis of Objects in the Museum Laboratory | |
| University Laboratories and Ancient Materials Science | |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | |
| Cultural Heritage in Conflict | |
| Historical Perspectives | |
| The Hague Convention of 1954: History, Significance and Compliances | p. 5 |
| Catastrophes and Entropy of Cultural Properties | p. 17 |
| The Protection of National Treasures at the British Museum During the First and Second World Wars | p. 29 |
| Appendix: Air Raid Precautions in Museums, Picture Galleries and Libraries | |
| The National Gallery at War | p. 101 |
| Contemporary Perspectives | |
| Status Report: Assessment of Cultural Losses Suffered by American Aleuts During World War II | p. 113 |
| The Gulf War and Its Aftermath on the Cultural Heritage of Iraq | p. 121 |
| Monuments as Targets | p. 125 |
| Croatian Monuments as Targets, 1991/92 | p. 127 |
| Saving Grace: Can Cambodia's Ancient Site of Angkor Be Preserved? | p. 141 |
| A Strategy for Planning and Protecting Immovable Heritage: Lessons from Natural Disaster Planning | p. 149 |
| Examination, Technical Analyses and Discovery | |
| The Geological, Geochemical and Biogeochemical Context | |
| Rock Varnish Cation-Ratios May Not Be a Reliable Method for Dating Lithic Artifacts | p. 165 |
| A Holistic Approach to the Analysis of Archaeological Deposits. Illustrated Using a Late Roman Urban Sequence from Northwest Europe | p. 179 |
| Characterization of Composition and Structure of Art Objects and Archaeological Artifacts | |
| Understanding Art Through Technical Analysis Inferences from Pigment Identification | p. 195 |
| Chinese Buddhist Bronzes in the Freer Gallery of Art: Physical Features and Elemental Composition | p. 205 |
| A Technical Examination of the Chinese Buddhist Bronzes in the Freer Gallery of Art, Part B: Stable Lead Isotope Analysis | p. 225 |
| Analysis of Materials Contained in Mid-4th to Early 7th Century A.D. Palestinian Kohl Tubes | p. 239 |
| Non-Destructive X-ray Diffraction with 30-Micron Spatial Resolution: Some Examples | p. 255 |
| Non-Destructive Spectroscopic Investigations on Paintings Using Optical Fibers | p. 265 |
| Application of Surface and Bulk Analytical Techniques for the Study of Iron Metallurgy Slags at Tell Afis (N-W Syria) | p. 285 |
| Investigation of Decorative Coating on Kongo Ceramics Using U.V. Light and FTIR Analysis | p. 291 |
| Examination of Metal Threads from Some XV/XVI Century Italian Textiles by Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry | p. 309 |
| Neutron Induced Autoradiography and Pixe Analysis | p. 319 |
| Forgery Determination by Functional Analysis | p. 325 |
| Properties of Materials Used by the Artist, Artisan and Conservator | |
| A General Method for Determining the Mechanical Properties Needed for the Computer Analysis of Polymeric Structures Subjected to Changes in Temperature and Relative Humidity | p. 337 |
| The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Mechanical Properties of Modern Painting Materials | p. 359 |
| Detection of Delaminations in Art Objects Using Air-Coupled Ultrasound | p. 371 |
| Modern Transparent Papers: Materials, Degradation, and the Effects of Some Conservation Treatments | p. 379 |
| Effects of Water on the Mechanical Properties of Paper and Their Relationship to the Treatment of Paper | p. 397 |
| Effects of Drying on the Mechanical Properties of Paper and Their Relationship to the Treatment of Paper | p. 429 |
| Protection of Archival Record from Pollutants: The Diffusion of SO[subscript 2] Through Archival Boxboard | p. 447 |
| The Moisture Buffering Capability of Museum Cases | p. 453 |
| Changes in the Infrared Absorbance and Color of Aged Cellulose Film | p. 459 |
| Ancient Technology, Craft and the Role of Technology in Material Culture | |
| Craft Reconstruction from Evidence of Workshops, Industrial Debris and Artifacts | |
| Production Events, Tools and Techniques | |
| Analysis of Use Wear on Ceramic Potter's Tools | p. 475 |
| A New Look at Stone Drills of the Indus Valley Tradition | p. 495 |
| A Third Millennium B.C. Glazed Quartz Bead from Tell Es-Sweyhat, Syria | p. 519 |
| Production Sites and Process Reconstruction | |
| The Work of the Potter in Ancient Mesopotamia During the Second Millennium B.C. | p. 529 |
| Third Millennium B.C. Tin Processing Debris from Goltepe (Anatolia) | p. 545 |
| Further Study of the Process of Technological Evolution of Ancient Chinese Pottery and Porcelain | p. 571 |
| Thermal Analysis of Early Neolithic Pottery from Tepe Ganj Dareh, Iran | p. 591 |
| The Technical Examination of Some Neolithic Chinese Liangzhu Ceramics in the Harvard University Art Museums Collection | p. 609 |
| Terracottas Around Clodion: Chemical and Mineralogical Studies and Thermoluminescence Analysis | p. 621 |
| The Roman Ceramics of Salobrena (Granada-Spain) and Their Raw Materials | p. 627 |
| A Preliminary Scientific Study of Traditional Korean Celadons and Their Modern Developments | p. 633 |
| White Incrustation on Pottery from Neolithic Tell Samovodene, Bulgaria | p. 639 |
| Metalworking at Hengistbury Head, Dorset and the Durotrigan Coinage: A Reinterpretation of an Iron Age and Roman Industrial Site | p. 651 |
| Pattern of Production, Raw Material Constraints and Style of Technology | |
| A Technological Marker of the Penetration into North America: Pressure Microblade Debitage, Its Origin in the Paleolithic of North Asia and Its Diffusion | p. 661 |
| Archaeological Bitumin: Identification, Origins and Uses of an Ancient Near Eastern Material | p. 683 |
| Preliminary Analysis of the Masonry of the Hagia Sophia Basilica, Istanbul | p. 721 |
| Technical Analysis, Ethnography and the Written Record | |
| Theophilus and the Composition of Medieval Glass | p. 739 |
| Physical and Cultural Constraint of Innovation in the Late Prehistoric Metallurgy of Cerro Huaringa, Peru | p. 747 |
| From Theophilus to C.S. Smith: Discovery of an Eleventh Century A.D. Bell-Casting Mold from Venosa (Southern Italy) | p. 757 |
| Restoration of Antique Church Bells: A Case Study | p. 781 |
| The Use of Artifacts and Their Reuse | |
| Porcelain on Display: Decorative and Other Uses of Oriental Porcelain in Europe | p. 789 |
| A Basic Study of Use-Wear "Polish" on Early Rice Paddy Farming Tools | p. 805 |
| Preliminary Technical Study of Medieval Limoges Enamels | p. 817 |
| Conservation Science and Preservation | |
| Identification and Physical Chemistry of Post-Depositional Processes | |
| The Diversity of Newly Discovered Deterioration Patterns in Ancient Egyptian Pigments: Consequences to Entirely New Restoration Strategies and to the Egyptological Colour Symbolism | p. 831 |
| Loss of Infrared Linear Dichroism in Collagen Fibers as a Measure of Deterioration in Skin and Semi-Tanned Leather Artifacts | p. 859 |
| Some Applications of Ion Chromatography to the Study of the Deterioration of Museum Artifacts | p. 869 |
| Understanding Post-Depositional Processes Through Electron Microbeam Analysis of Archaeological Bone from SE Missouri | p. 883 |
| Analysis of Medieval Fresco Pigments from the Georgian Republic | p. 889 |
| Rock Varnish on a Pre-Columbian Green Jasper from the Tropical Rain Forest (The Ahaw Pectoral) | p. 891 |
| Deterioration, Treatment and Structure in Architectural and Building Materials | |
| Recent Eco-Archaeometric Studies of Salinization and Desalinization of Karnak Temples, Egypt | p. 903 |
| Hydric Properties of Some Spanish Building Stones: A Petrophysical Interpretation | p. 911 |
| Pore Potential and Durability of Limestone at the Sphinx | p. 917 |
| The Use of Epoxy Resins in Field Projects for Stone Stabilization | p. 925 |
| Siliconic and Acrylic Resins Dispersed in Water as Protectives for Stone Surface | p. 935 |
| Investigations of the Surface Processes on Exposed Limestones | p. 943 |
| Cleaning with Laser Radiation on Istria Stone | p. 955 |
| Microstructures of B72 Acrylic Resin/MTMOS Composites | p. 963 |
| Intercalated Two-Dimensional Ceramic Nanocomposites | p. 969 |
| Evaluation of Protective Coatings for the 'In Situ' Preservation of Historic Timber Buildings in a Harsh Antarctic Environment | p. 981 |
| Technical Evidence for Temporal Placement: Sculpted Adobe Friezes of Chan Chan, Peru | p. 989 |
| Electron Microscopy Studies of the Chronological Sequences of Teotihuacan Plaster Technique | p. 997 |
| Comparative Studies of Ancient Mortars from Giza, Egypt, and Nevali Cori, Turkey | p. 1007 |
| Glass Corrosion and Preservation | |
| Theories of Corrosion as Applied to Preservation of Archaeological Ceramics | p. 1015 |
| Investigations by Glass Sensors on the Corrosive Environmental Conditions at Stained Glass Windows with Protective Glazings in Europe | p. 1031 |
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness and the Potential Damage of Cleaning Methods for the Restoration of Stained Glass Windows | p. 1039 |
| Corrosion of Metals and Corrosion Protection | |
| Sulfate Formation During Corrosion of Copper Alloy Objects | p. 1047 |
| Interpretation of Bronze Disease and Related Copper Corrosion Mechanisms in Terms of Log-Activity Diagrams | p. 1055 |
| A New Corrosion-Protective Polymer for Artifact Display and Storage Applications | p. 1065 |
| The Consolidation and Desalination of Ceramic Impregnated with Sodium Sulphate | p. 1071 |
| Experiments in Artifact Study and Education | |
| Evaluation of Rapid Prototyping Technologies for Use in the Production of Art and Artifact Study Copies | p. 1079 |
| Science of Art and Analysis: A Mixture for Undergraduate Non-Specialists | p. 1089 |
| Author Index | p. 1095 |
| Subject Index | p. 1097 |
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ISBN: 9781558991620
ISBN-10: 155899162X
Series: MRS Proceedings
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 1101
Published: 29th January 1993
Publisher: Materials Research Society
Weight (kg): 1.0
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