Analytical techniques in art, archaeology and conservation science

Terahertz and Cultural Heritage Science: Examination of Art and Archaeology

Cultural Heritage scientists need methodologies to examine Art and Archaeology in order to understand artistic materials and techniques and devise better conservation procedures. This review discusses the most successful and promising applications of Terahertz (THz) technology in Cultural Heritage Science. THz is used in homeland security and for plenty of other industrial sectors and it presen...

Sos 517 Analytical Techniques in Soil Science

Nourishing archaeology and science.

Archaeology is an interdisciplinary science par excellence. In its quest to reconstruct human behavior in the natural and cultural environment of the past, archaeology uses knowledge and techniques from many different academic disciplines. Indeed, there are very few sciences that have no relevance to archaeology. The concept of “holistic archaeology” was specifically defined as an inclusive app...

Raman Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau...

Raman spectroscopy in art and archaeology.

The first chemical analyses of artworks and archaeological artefacts were accomplished historically and reported by Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur [1–4] in France in a series of publications between 1716 and 1739 and by Sir Humphry Davy [5] in the UK in 1815, respectively: the former appeared in the Memoires Academie de Sciences, Paris, on pottery, glass and porcelains and the latter on wall...