Introduction: sources, motives, approaches and disclosures -- Physical examination I: observation -- Physical examination II: determining composition -- Making a three-dimensional copy -- Physical dating techniques I: radiocarbon dating -- Physical dating techniques II: thermoluminescence and dendrochronology -- Metals I: composition -- Metals II: metalwork and coins -- Ceramics -- Glass and enamels -- Stone and sculpture -- Painting -- Paper, prints and documents -- The patination of copper and its alloys -- Gold and silver -- Gemstones and jade -- Organic materials: mainly natural -- Organic materials: mainly synthetic and cloth -- Scientific fraud and Charles Dawson -- Conservation and concealment: the problems of restoration.
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