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Preface | p. xi |
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | p. xv |
Ancient and Traditional Technologies: Analysis and Reconstruction | |
*An Evaluation of Decorative Techniques on a Red-figure Attic Vase from the Worcester Art Museum Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Confocal Microscopy with a Special Focus on the "Relief Line" | p. 3 |
Metallography, Microanalysis & Corrosion of the Athlit Ram | p. 35 |
Methods of Faience Manufacture in Antiquity: Investigation of Colorants and Technological Processes | p. 43 |
Divergent Pottery Firing Practices at the Advent of the Early Bronze Age: The Social Integration of Crafts and Craftspeople at Kura-Araxes Sites in the Northeastern Caucasus | p. 55 |
The Earliest Bead Manufacture in the Americas at the Paleo-Indian Jones-Miller Site, Wray, Colorado | p. 67 |
Influence of Heat Treatment on the Physical Transformations of Flint Used by Neolithic Societies in the Western Mediterranean | p. 81 |
*Invited Paper | |
*The History and Scientific Analysis of Pre-1856 Eastern Woodlands Quillwork Dyes | p. 89 |
*Non-destructive Raman Study on the Provenance and Firing Temperature of Guan Wares in the Song Dynasty | p. 95 |
*Diffusion of Indigo Molecules Inside the Palygorskite Clay Channels | p. 103 |
Beyond the Word: Ink in the Islamic Manuscripts of Northern Nigeria | p. 117 |
Technological Tradition and Change in Tibetan Silversmithing Techniques in Songpan, Sichuan Province, China | p. 127 |
Archaeological Science | |
*Thin Coatings of Ceramics: Some New Developments in France and in Europe | p. 137 |
†The Early Iron Age Metal Workshop at Tell Tayinat, Turkey | p. 149 |
Alloys from Anau: The Manipulation of Metallic Properties in 3rd Millennium B.C. Southern Central Asia | p. 157 |
*Invited Paper | |
†Beta-Analytic Inc. Outstanding Student Contributions in Conservation and Archeological Sciences | |
Conser Va Tion Science | |
*Non-invasive Characterization for Long-term Preservation of Cultural Heritage | p. 167 |
*Preliminary Results of the Use of Hydroxyapatite as a Consolidant for Carbonate Stones | p. 189 |
*Research on the Corrosion of Bronze Weapons from the Pits of the Terracotta Warriors | p. 197 |
Structural Degradation of Third Millennium B.C.E. Archaeological Wood from Shahr-i Sukhta, Iran | p. 215 |
Technical Art History | |
*The Redecoration History of a Chinese Polychromed Guanyin Attributed to the llth-12th Century C.E. as Deduced from Stratigraphic Microanalysis | p. 231 |
Non-destructive Study of the Independence Act of the Mexican Empire of 1821 | p. 249 |
*Space Heritage: The Apollo Heat Shield; Atmospheric Reentry Imprint on Materials' Surface | p. 265 |
*Deterioration in Abstract Expressionist Paintings: Analysis of Zinc Oxide Paint Layers in Works from the Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution | p. 275 |
*Invited Paper | |
Funding, Methodology and Instrumentation | |
*Science at the Interface with Art | p. 287 |
*†Ultrafast Laser Cleaning of Daguerreotypes | p. 299 |
*Seeing Through Corrosion: Using Micro-focus X-ray Computed Tomography and Neutron Computed Tomography to Digitally "Clean" Ancient Bronze Coins | p. 305 |
Dinosaur and Crocodile Fossils from the Mesozoic of Portugal: Neutron Tomography and Synchrotron-radiation Based Micro-computed Tomography | p. 319 |
Preparation and Assessment of Superhydrophobic Organic-inorganic Hybrid Coatings for Conservation of Yungang Grottoes | p. 333 |
*Interim Report on the Lightfastness Correlation Project | p. 339 |
*Invited Paper | |
†Beta-Analytic Inc. Outstanding Student Contributions in Conservation and Archeological Sciences | |
Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Contributions | |
Reconstructing the Past to Prevent Future Loss: The Dyeing Industry of Pompeii | p. 351 |
Microstructure and its Physicochemical Basis for the White Porcelain from Gongyi Kiln of Henan Province in China | p. 361 |
Author Index | p. 383 |
Subject Index | p. 385 |
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