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Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology X

Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology X

Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology X

Volume 1656:
Pamela B. Vandiver, University of Arizona
Weidong Li, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS
Philippe Sciau, Université de Toulouse
Christopher Maines, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
July 2020
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    This book presents cutting-edge multidisciplinary work on the characterization of ancient materials; the technologies of selection, production and usage by which materials are transformed into objects and artifacts; the science underlying their deterioration, preservation and conservation; and sociocultural interpretation derived from an empirical methodology of observation, measurement and experimentation. Of particular interest are contributions which explore the interface and overlap among traditional materials science, the history of technology and the archaeological and conservation sciences, or that investigate new methods and applications of materials science in art and archaeology. Topics include: analytical chemistry and spectroscopy; ancient and historical metallurgy; natural and artificial glass; characterization, sources and production of ceramics; organic materials technologies; architectural conservation and materials characterization; conservation of archaeological and historical materials; and other studies of ceramics and metals.

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    July 2020
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
    • Part I. The Conservation Science of Stone Consolidation, Site Material Condition and a New Pollution Source in the Museum Environment:
    • 1. Nucleation, growth and evolution of hydroxyapatite films on calcite
    • 2. Novel hydroxyapatite-based consolidant and the acceleration of hydrolysis of silicate-based consolidants
    • 3. Properties and characterization of building materials from the Laosicheng Ruins in Southern China
    • 4. Dispersions of surface modified calcium hydroxide nanoparticles with enhanced kinetic stability: properties and applications to desalination and consolidation of the Yungang Grottoes
    • 5. Unraveling the core of the Gran Piramide from Cholula, Puebla: a compositional and microstructural analysis of the adobe
    • 6. Environmental monitoring of volatile organic compounds using silica gel, zeolite and activated charcoal
    • Part II. The Narrative Interpretation of Process Reconstruction and Materials Characterization in Technical Art History and Archaeological Science:
    • 7. Study of Mexican colonial mural paintings: an in-situ non-invasive approach
    • 8. Investigating a moche cast copper artifact for its manufacturing technology
    • 9. Hawaiian barkcloth from the Bishop Museum collections: a characterization of materials and techniques in collaboration with modern practitioners to effect preservation of a traditional cultural practice
    • 10. Technology of Egyptian core glass vessels
    • Part III. Technical Art History: Pigment Identification, Reactivity and Transformation:
    • 11. Characterization of bistre pigment samples by FTIR, SERS, Py-GC/MS and XRF
    • 12. Analysis of lead carboxylates and lead-containing pigments in oil paintings by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance
    • 13. Fine pore structure characterization in two gessoes using focused ion bean scanning
    • 14. Effects of humidity on gessoes for easel paintings
    • Part IV. Alteration, Technology and Interpretation of Archaeological Ceramics, Glazes and Glasses:
    • 15. Role of weathering layers on the alteration kinetics of medieval stained glass in an atmospheric medium
    • 16. Study of cloisonné enamel glaze of decorative components from Fuwangge in the Forbidden City by means of LA-ICP-MS and micro-raman spectroscopy
    • 17. Technological behavior in the southwest: Pueblo I lead glaze paints from the Upper San Juan region
    • 18. Analysis and replication of Jianyang tea bowls from Song Dynasty China
    • 19. The technological development of decorated Corinthian pottery, 8th to 6th centuries BCE
    • 20. Ceramics at the emergence of the Silk Road: a case of village potters from southeastern Kazakhstan during the late Iron Age
    • 21. Ceramics at the emergence of the Silk Road: a case from southeastern Kazakhstan: retraction
    • Part V. Characterization of Metal and Stone Characterization, and Metal Nanoparticle Corrosion:
    • 22. Benefits of the complementary use of archaeometry investigations and historical research in the study of ancient airplanes: the Breguet Sahara's rivets
    • 23. Non-invasive characterization of stone artifacts from the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, Mexico
    • 24. Multiscale characterization of limestone used on monuments of cultural heritage
    • 25. Characterization of a surface tarnish found on daguerreotypes revealed under shortwave ultraviolet radiation
    • Part VI. Method Development in Image Processing, Analysis and Proof of Concept:
    • 26. Quantitative porosity studies of archaeological ceramics by petrographic image analysis
    • 27. Dual-beam scanning electron microscope (SEM) and focused ion beam (FIB): a practical method for characterization of small cultural heritage objects
    • 28. The potential of low frequency EPR spectroscopy in studying pottery artifacts and pigments.
      Contributors
    • Sonia Naidu, Jeremy M. Blair, George W. Scherer, Chun Liu, Ya Xiao, Ning Wang, Haibin Gu, Weimin Guo, Feng Gao, Ning Niu, Shaojun Liu, Yun Fang, Youdan Tan, Kaiyu Liu, N. A. Pérez, L. Bucio, E. Lima, C. Cedillo, D. M. Grimaldi, Molly McGath, Blythe McCarthy, Jenifer Bosworth, José Luis Ruvalcaba-Sil, Malinalli Wong-Rueda, Maria Angelica Garcia-Bucio, Edgar Casanova-Gonzalez, Mayra Dafne Manrique-Ortega, Valentina Aguilar-Melo, Pieterjan Claes, Dulce Maria Aguilar-Tellez, Aaron Shugar, Michael Notis, Dale Newbury, Nicholas Ritchie, Christina Bisulca, Lisa Schattenburg-Raymond, Kamalu de Preez, Pamela B. Vandiver, Alexander Nagel, Laure Dussubieux, María L. Roldan, Sillvia A. Centeno, Adriana Rizzo, Yana van Dyke, Jaclyn Catalano, Yao Yao, Anna Murphy, Nicholas Zumbulyadis, Cecil Dybowski, Michael Doutre, Ashley Freeman, Brad Diak, Alison Murray, George Bevan, Laura Fuster-López, Aurélie Verney-Carron, Anne Michelin, Lucile Gentaz, Tiziana Lombardo, Anne Chabas, Mandana Saheb, Patrick Ausset, Claudine Loisel, Hongying Duan, Liang Qu, Xiaolin Cheng, Yan Su, Aiguo Shen, Shiwei Wang, Brunella Santarelli, David Killick. Sheila Goff, James D. Morehead, Jay A. Stephens, Stephen A. Hernandez, MaryFran Heinsch, Kyra Lyublyanovics, Alice M. Choyke, Chandra Reedy, Perry Tourtellotte, Claudia Chang, Audrey Cochard, Joël Douin, Bénédicte Warot-Fonrose, Julitte Huez, Luc Robbiola, Jean-Marc Olivier, Philippe Sciau, Emiliano Melgar, Reyna Solis, Jean-Didier Mertz, Estel Colas, Olivier Rozenbaum, Jean-Pierre Sizun, Krista Louch, Jiuan Jiuan Chen, Jenifer Anderson, Terry J. Reedy, Matthew Carl, Chris A. Smith, Marcus L. Young, William J. Ryan, Joseph P. Hornak

    • Editors
    • Pamela B. Vandiver , University of Arizona
    • Weidong Li , Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS
    • Philippe Sciau , Université de Toulouse
    • Christopher Maines , National Gallery of Art, Washington DC