Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology X (Hardcover)

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 cloisonne 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.