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Title Physical techniques in the study of art, archaeology and cultural heritage. Volume 1 / editors David Bradley, Dudley Creagh.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (ix, 221 pages) : illustrations
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- The Modern Museum -- INTRODUCTION -- EXAMINATION, CHARACTERISATION, ANALYSIS OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ARTEFACTS ... WHY? -- INSTITUTIONS AND NETWORKS ACTIVE AT THE INTERFACE BETWEEN "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY" AND "CULTURAL HERITAGE" -- MAIN TECHNIQUES USED IN THE STUDY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ARTEFACTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- APPENDIX 1: SOME NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE INSTITUTIONS -- APPENDIX 2: WEBSITES OF INTEREST IN THE DOMAIN "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY" AND "CULTURAL HERITAGE" -- APPENDIX 3: SOME PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST IN THE DOMAIN "SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY" AND "CULTURAL HERITAGE" -- APPENDIX 4: QUESTIONS TO BE SOLVED BY RADIOGRAPHY, SOME EXAMPLES -- REFERENCES -- X-ray and Neutron Digital Radiography and Computed Tomography for Cultural Heritage -- INTRODUCTION -- RADIATION SOURCES -- INTERACTION OF THE RADIATION WITH MATTER -- DIGITAL IMAGING FOR X- AND RAYS -- DETECTORS FOR X- AND RAYS -- EXPERIMENTAL ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHS: SOME EXAMPLES -- DIGITAL IMAGING FOR NEUTRON RADIATION -- COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY USING X-RAYS AND GAMMA PHOTONS -- EXPERIMENTAL ACQUISITION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHS: SOME EXAMPLES -- SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A: BASIC NOTIONS CONCERNING FOURIER TRANSFORMS -- APPENDIX B: MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION -- APPENDIX C: CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME DETECTION SYSTEMS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Investigation of Diagenetic and Postmortem Bone Mineral Change by Small- Angle X- Ray Scattering -- INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT -- BIOMOLECULAR PRESERVATION -- MICROFOCUS SAXS AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAPPING -- DETECTION OF BURNING AND CREMATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- The Use of X-ray Scattering to Analyse Parchment Structure and Degradation -- PARCHMENT -- TECHNIQUES -- RESULTS -- SURFACE TO SURFACE ANALYSIS OF PARCHMENT CROSS SECTIONS -- LASER CLEANED PARCHMENT -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Egyptian Eye Cosmetics ("Kohls"): Past and Present -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Last Page.
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Subject Art -- Radiography.
Art -- Radiography.
Radiography in archaeology.
Radiography in archaeology.
Cultural property -- Conservation and restoration.
Cultural property.
Conservation and restoration.
Art -- Conservation and restoration.
Art -- Conservation and restoration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bradley, David A., 1966-
Creagh, D. C.
Other Form: Print version: Physical techniques in the study of art, archaeology and cultural heritage. Volume 1. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2006 0444521313 (OCoLC)71890721
ISBN 0080461867 (electronic book)
9780080461861 (electronic book)
0444521313 (Cloth)