Materials issues in art and archaeology IV : symposium held May 16-21, 1994, Cancun, Mexico / editors: Pamela B. Vandiver [and others].
- Published:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : Materials Research Society, [1995]
- Copyright Date:
- ©1995
- Physical Description:
- [xxxiii], 918 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Vandiver, Pamela B.
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- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings -- High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Maya Blue Paint / M. Jose-Yacaman / M. Carmen Serra Puche -- Viceregal Architecture: Materials, Reconstruction, and Environment / Juan B. Artigas -- The Contribution of Materials Science to Material Culture Studies / W. David Kingery -- Eco-Archaeometry and Conservation / G. Burns / A. N. Bond -- Archaeological Artifact and Biomolecule Affiliation: Testing the Consequences of Cleaning / Noreen Tuross -- A Multidisciplinary Approach for the Study of the Deterioration of the Juan O'Gorman's Mosaic Murals Covering the Central Library Building of the Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico (UNAM), in Mexico City / Mercedes Gomez-Urquiza de la Macorra / Luis Torres Montes / Manuel Reyes Garcia / Jose Luis Galvan Madrid / Joan Genesca Llongueras / Tezozomoc Perez -- Preservation Responsibilities: Material Care and Materials Science for Paper-Based Research Collections / Dianne van der Reyden -- X-Ray Microtomography of Ceramic Artifacts / J. H. Dunsmuir / P. B. Vandiver / R. R. Chianelli / H. W. Deckman / J. H. Hardenbergh -- Interpreting Lipid Residues in Archaeological Ceramics: Preliminary Results from Laboratory Simulations of Vessel Use and Burial / Richard P. Evershed / Stephanie Charters / Anita Quye -- Infrared Microspectroscopy Mapping Techniques for the Analysis of Cross Sections and as a Non-Destructive Analysis Method for Paint on a Manuscript / Michele R. Derrick -- Metallography and Microanalysis of Precious Metal Objects from the Middle Sican Elite Tombs at Batan Grande, Peru / John F. Merkel / Ana Isabel Seruya / Dafydd Griffiths / Izumi Shimada -- Neutron Activation Analysis of Microgram Samples from 364 Gold Objects from a Sican Burial Site in Peru / Adon A. Gordus / Izumi Shimada -- Characterisation of Overglaze Painting on Japanese Porcelain Using Scanning Proton and Electron Microprobes / Raik Jarjis / Peter Northover / Irene Finch -- Detection of Alteration Products in Artworks by Non-Destructive Spectroscopic Analysis / M. Bacci / S. Baronti / A. Casini / P. Castagna / R. Linari / A. Orlando / M. Picollo / B. Radicati -- Atomic Oxygen Treatment for Non-Contact Removal of Organic Protective Coatings from Painting Surfaces / Sharon K. Rutledge / Bruce A. Banks / Michael Cales -- A Forward Recoil Energy Spectrometry (FRES) Test of Hydrogen Reduction as a Strategy for Firing of Chinese Ceramics / Tim Levine / Pamela B. Vandiver / James W. Mayer -- Microdots as a Means of Marking and Tracking Artifacts / Dale O. Butterfield / Pamela Vandiver -- Surface Colour Transfer from Metal, Ivory and Stone to Ceramic and Glass / Michael Vickers -- The Technology of Venetian Girasole Glass / W. Patrick McCray / Z. A. Osborne / W. D. Kingery -- Investigation and Replication of the Surface Microstructure of Early Chinese Black Bronze Mirrors / Michelle Taube / W. Thomas Chase / Alison J. Davenport / A. Peter Jardine -- Ancient Mexican Rubber Artifacts and Modern American Spacesuits: Studies in Crystallization and Oxidation / Mary T. Baker -- Advantages and Limitations of the Ninhydrin Test for Analysis of Historic Wool Fibers / Nancy Kerr -- Accelerated vs Natural Aging: Effect of Aging Conditions on the Aging Process of Cellulose / David Erhardt / Marion F. Mecklenburg -- Genuine Vegetable Parchment Paper: Effects of Accelerated Aging on Some Physical and Chemical Properties / Dianne van der Reyden / Mary Baker -- A General Model Relating Externally Applied Forces to Environmentally Induced Stresses in Materials / Marion F. Mecklenburg / Charles S. Tumosa / Mark H. McCormick-Goodhart -- The Development of Internal Stress in Films of Thermoplastic Polymers Cast From Solution / Diane Moran / Paul M. Whitmore -- The Effects of Relative Humidity on the Structural Response of Selected Wood Samples in the Cross-Grained Direction / Marion F. Mecklenburg / Charles S. Tumosa / Nicolas Wyplosz -- Strength Testing Archaeological Ceramics: New Approaches and Applications / Mark A. Neupert -- Mapping Patterns of Cracking and Moisture Migration in Early Brickwork and Replicating Shell Lime Mortar / Gregory Clancey / Michael Stetson / Robert Henry / John Leeke -- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Silane/Stone Interface / Rakesh Kumar -- Metallurgy and Corrosion of Cast Iron Cannons from Fort Prince of Wales, Manitoba / Henry Unglik -- Original Technique of the Mural America Tropical by David Alfaro Siqueiros / F. Pique / M. Derrick / A. Parker / M. Schilling / D. Scott -- Characterization and Reproduction of the Pb-Sn Alloy Used in the Manufacture of Pipes in a Nineteenth Century Mexican Organ / Daniel Guzman / Rodrigo Velazquez / Javier Vazquez -- An Analysis of Mayan Painting Techniques at Bonampak, Chiapas, Mexico / Diana Magaloni / R. Newman / L. Banos / V. Castano / B. Pancella / Y. Fruh -- Materials Characterization of Natural Adobe Plasters: New Approaches for Preservation Strategies Based on Traditional Practice / M. Susan Barger -- Corrosion of Synthesized Glasses and Glazes as Analogs for Nuclear Waste Glass Degradation / Pamela D. Vandiver -- Early Venetian Enamelling on Glass: Technology and Origins / Ian C. Freestone / Mavis Bimson -- An Investigation of Early Islamic Glass Production at Raqqa, Syria / Julian Henderson -- An Interdisciplinary Study of Middle Cycladic White Wares from Akrotiri on Thera / S. J. Vaughan / V. Kilikoglou / A. Papagiannopoulou -- Second Millennium B.C. Pottery at Hasanlu Tepe and Dinkha Tepe: INAA and Petrographic Studies / Leigh-Ann Bedal / Stuart Fleming / Maude De Schauensee / Ronald Hancock -- Relative Dating of the Stucco Relieves at Palenque, Chiapas, Based on Variation in Material Preparation / Mercedes Villegas / Ximena Vazquez / D. Rios / L. Banos / D. Magaloni -- Studies on the Mayan Mortars Technique / Diana Magaloni / R. Pancella / Y. Fruh / Jacqueline Canetas / V. Castano -- New Studies in the Building Materials of Teotihuacan, Mexico / Luis Barba / J. L. Cordova / K. F. Link / A. Ortiz -- Goldwork of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica and Panama: A Technical Study / David A. Scott -- Glazed Steatite Beads from Merhgarh and Nausharo (Pakistani Balochistan) / Anne Bouquillon / B. Barthelemy de Saizieu / A. Duval -- Continuity, Adaptation and Resistance: The Cultural Contexts of the Manufacture, Distribution and Use of African American Pottery in Eighteenth-Century Charleston, South Carolina / Brian D. Crane / James Blackman / Pamela B. Vandiver -- A Comparison of Production of Large Storage Vessels in Two Ancient Ceramic Traditions / Robert C. Henrickson -- The Use of FT-IR Spectrometry for the Identification and Characterization of Gesso-Glue Grounds in Wooden Polychromed Sculptures and Panel Paintings / Luiz A. C. Souza / Michele R. Derrick -- Ceramic Technology as an Indicator of Acculturation in the Early Colonial Setting / Thomas C. Loftfield / Michael S. Smith -- Preliminary Investigation of Orange Micaceous Earthenware from the Early Colonial Period Charles Towne Colony, Cape Fear River, North Carolina: Implications for Local Manufacture / Michael S. Smith / Thomas C. Loftfield / Fiona M. Paulsson -- A Petrographic Analysis of Storage Jars from Tel Nami, Israel: Ceramic Production and Trade Networks of the Middle Bronze IIA Period (CA. 2000-1750, BC) / Ezra S. Marcus -- Metal Contents of Silver and Gold Ingots and Coins from 16th-18th Century Spanish Shipwrecks / Adon A. Gordus / Alan K. Craig -- Neutron Activation Analysis of Microgram Samples of Sasanian Coins and Metallic Art / Adon A. Gordus -- Copper-Alloyed Artefacts from Roman Imports in Scandinavia: Elemental Analysis / Haldis Johanne Bollingberg -- Metal Supply and Metal Trade in Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean / Robert Laffineur -- "Low-Tech" Methods for Characterizing Materials in the Field / Harriet F. Beaubien -- On Some Natural Organic Yellow Colorants in Aztec Codices: The Florentine Codex / Arie Wallert -- An Assessment of Minoan Slips from Pseira, Crete, Using Scanning Electron Microscopy / Cheryl R. Floyd -- East Cretan Middle Minoan and Late Minoan I Dark Slips: Pixe Characterization Studies / Charles P. Swann / Philip P. Betancourt / Cheryl R. Floyd -- Technical Investigation of an Hispano-Moresque Lustered Deep Dish in the Walters Art Gallery / J. M. Baker -- Ceramic Technology at the Crossroads / Pamela B. Vandiver / Valerie Chaussonnet -- Studying the Technology of Renaissance Bronzes / Francesca G. Bewer -- Paper Investigations of Maya and Aztec Cultures / Hans G. Wiedemann -- Stuccoed Floors: A Resource for the Study of Ritual Activities. The Case of Templo Mayor, Mexico / Agustin Ortiz / L. Barba / L. Lopez Lujan / K. F. Link -- Medieval Pigment and Plaster Technology in the XII-XIII Century Mural Paintings at David-Garedji, Georgia / Marie B. Dneprovskaya -- Mechanical Characteristics of Some Volcanic Tuffs Used in the Buildings of Ancient Rome / G. Sappa / G. Giglio / G. De Casa -- Environmental Monitoring and Damage Assessment at the Ancient Sanctuary of Demeter in Eleusis, Greece / Antonia I. Moropoulou / K. G. Bisbikou -- Restoration Synthesis of Crushed Brick Mortars Simulating Byzantine Lime and Material Technologies in Crete / A. Moropoulou / A. Theodoraki / K. Bisbikou / M. Michailidis -- Chemico-Physical Interactions Among the Constituents of Historical Walls in Venice / A. Bakolas / R. Bertoncello / G. Biscontin / A. Glisenti / A. Moropoulou / E. Tondello / E. Zendri -- Study of Pre-Hispanic Metallic Objects Found in Cuba / Alberto A. Tagle -- Reburial of the Red Bay Wreck as a Form of Preservation and Protection of the Historic Resource / John Stewart / Lorne D. Murdock / Peter Waddell -- The Effects of Solvent Quality on Some Properties of Thermoplastic Amorphous Polymers Used in Conservation / Eric F. Hansen -- Conservation Studies on Limestone from the Maya Site at Xunantunich, Belize / William S. Ginell / Rakesh Kumar / Eric Doehne -- and Contents note continued: Recent Developments in the Use of Epoxy Resins for Stone Consolidation / William S. Ginell / Petr Kotlik / Charles M. Selwitz / George S. Wheeler -- Identification of Chemical and Physical Change During Acid Cleaning of Ceramics / Jessica S. Johnson / Harold M. Erickson / Harry Iceland -- The Effects of Desalination on Archaeological Ceramics from the Casas Grandes Region in Northern Mexico / Jo Willey -- Comparative Study of Four Consolidants Used for Cellulosic Supports / Sonia Gutierrez / Helio Flores -- Investigation of the Effects of the Cleaning Procedures Applied to Stone Surfaces / G. Biscontin / A. Bakolas / R. Bertoncello / G. Longega / A. Moropoulou / E. Tondello / E. Zendri -- A Monitoring Program for Shipwrecks at Fathom Five National Marine Park, Canada / Lorne D. Murdock / John Stewart -- Environmental Monitoring at Tiwanaku / Shin Maekawa / Frank Lambert / Jeff Meyer -- Salt and Humidity Impact on Porous Stone Masonries in Marine Environment / A. Moropoulou / P. Theoulakis / T. Tsiourva / C. Kourteli / K. Labropoulos -- The Relevance of Acoustical Methods in Estimating Cavity-Induced Mural Degradation / Sandra Cruz-Flores / Miguel de Icaza / Victor M. Castano.
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- 1558992529
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