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1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- PART I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction: the challenges of archaeological conservation -- PART II: Case studies: stone and plaster -- 2. The conservation of a Viking Age sculpture from York -- 3. A plaster cast of a Mesopotamian lioness in the Durham Oriental Museum -- 4. The conservation of an Egyptian rock crystal dish -- 5. The conservation of a fossil suffering from pyrite decay -- PART III: Ceramics and glass |
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6. Retreatment of an archaeological glass beaker -- 7. Pierced Bronze Age ceramic vessel from Jericho -- 8. Conservation of a late Parthian-early Sasanian vessel -- 9. Conservation of an Archaic cuneiform tablet from Babylonia -- 10. Boat model masthead in faience -- PART IV: Metals -- 11. Copper alloy objects suspected of bronze disease: the Burrell Bronzes -- 12. Economy and decision making in the use of benzotriazole -- 13. Button from the River Wear, Durham -- 14. Cleaning, consolidating, and reassembling a fragmentary copper alloy object |
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15. A late-medieval pectoral cross pilgrim sign from the River Wear, Durham -- 16. Conservation of a pewter dish from the wreck of The Coronation -- 17. The conservation of threeth-century archaeological iron keys -- PART V: Organics -- wood, textiles, leather -- 18. Interventive conservation of a waterlogged wooden bucket -- 19. Re-treatment of a marine archaeological leather shoe -- 20. The conservation ofMesolithic birch bark rolls from Star Carr -- 21. Investigation of a charred wooden torso from Uruk -- 22. Restorage of archaeological textiles at the Museum of London |
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23. Conservation and repackaging of a collection of Coptic textiles -- PART VI: Bone, composite and display -- 24. Conservation project: the Stengade double grave, Langeland Museum, Denmark -- 25. Conservation of two World War I rifles and a military equipment belt -- 26. Conservation of a Roman skeleton -- 27. Treatment of a block-lifted chicken skeleton -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Methodology -- Case studies
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Case studies
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Archaeology -- Methodology
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Garlick, Vicky
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| ISBN |
9781000223477 |
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1000223477 |
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