Title: Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology II :
Authors: Vandiver, Pamela B.; Druzik, James.; Wheeler, George Segan.; Materials Research Society.
Date: 1991
Publisher: Materials Research Society,
Physical description: xxviii, 844 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: New methods and new applications of technical analyses -- Painting, a problem in composite materials: substrates, binding media and pigments -- New approaches from the mechanics of materials -- New methods of non-destructive analysis compared with analyses of microsamples -- Stone, adobe and architectural glass: monitoring and stabilization -- Characterization of stone sculpture and stone tools -- The role of technical studies in establishing cultural functions of ceramics -- The cultural uses of ceramics -- Ceramics as cultural indicators which reveal exchange patterns of goods and technologies -- Reconstruction of ceramic technology -- Alteration during use, burial and testing of treatments in the field -- Refractories and glasses: materials choices, workshops and industrial debris -- Metals: the unnatural indicators of cultural differences -- Innovation, cultural differentiation and properties -- Theoretical and practical approaches to the study of metals -- Textiles, paper and polymers; characterization, technology, conservation and maintenance of fragile materials.
Subject headings (LCSH): Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Congresses.; Art--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.; Art--Dating--Congresses.; Art--Expertising--Congresses.; Building materials--Analysis--Congresses.; Material culture--Collection and preservation--Congresses.; Materials--Analysis--Congresses.