Physical techniques in the study of art, archaeology and cultural heritage. Volume 1

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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

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