Preface |
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
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" / Paula Artal-Isbrand ; Philip Klausmeyer|cWinifred Murray |
Metallography, Microanalysis & Corrosion of the Athlit Ram / M.R. Notis ; M. Hoban ; D-N. Wang |
Methods of Faience Manufacture in Antiquity: Investigation of Colorants and Technological Processes / Lesley Frame ; Donna Bright DeSorda ; Yuan-Chi Chiang ; Pamela Vandiver |
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 / MaryFran Heinsch |
The Earliest Bead Manufacture in the Americas at the Paleo-Indian Jones-Miller Site, Wray, Colorado / Amy Vandiver Gruhl |
Influence of Heat Treatment on the Physical Transformations of Flint Used by Neolithic Societies in the Western Mediterranean / J. Roqué-Rosell ; L. Torchy ; C. Roucau ; V. Lea ; Ph. Colomban ; M. Regert ; D. Binder ; J. Pelegrin ; Ph. Sciau |
*Invited Paper |
*The History and Scientific Analysis of Pre-1856 Eastern Woodlands Quillwork Dyes / Christina L. Cole |
*Non-destructive Raman Study on the Provenance and Firing Temperature of Guan Wares in the Song Dynasty / Lan Zhao ; Jianmin Miao ; Bairui Yang ; He Li |
*Diffusion of Indigo Molecules Inside the Palygorskite Clay Channels / Catherine Dejoie ; Pauline Martinetto ; Eric Dooryhée ; Ross Brown ; Sylvie Blanc ; Patrice Bordat ; Pierre Strobel ; Philippe Odier ; Florence Porcher ; Manuel Sanchez del Rio ; Elsa Van Eslande ; Philippe Walter ; Michel Anne |
Beyond the Word: Ink in the Islamic Manuscripts of Northern Nigeria / Michaelle L. Biddle |
Technological Tradition and Change in Tibetan Silversmithing Techniques in Songpan, Sichuan Province, China / Chandra L. Reedy |
Archaeological Science |
*Thin Coatings of Ceramics: Some New Developments in France and in Europe / Y. Leon |
†The Early Iron Age Metal Workshop at Tell Tayinat, Turkey / Jim Roames |
Alloys from Anau: The Manipulation of Metallic Properties in 3rd Millennium B.C. Southern Central Asia / Nathaniel L. Erb-Satullo |
†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 / F.G. France |
*Preliminary Results of the Use of Hydroxyapatite as a Consolidant for Carbonate Stones / Enrico Sassoni ; Sonia Naidu ; George W. Scherer |
*Research on the Corrosion of Bronze Weapons from the Pits of the Terracotta Warriors / Xiaomei Zhang ; Sixun Yuan ; Yongqi Wu ; Baofa Guo ; Jing Han |
Structural Degradation of Third Millennium B.C.E. Archaeological Wood from Shahr-i Sukhta, Iran / Mohsen Mohammadi Achachluei ; Gholamreza Vatankhah |
Technical Art History |
*The Redecoration History of a Chinese Polychromed Guanyin Attributed to the llth-12th Century C.E. as Deduced from Stratigraphic Microanalysis / John Twilley ; Kathleen M. Garland |
Non-destructive Study of the Independence Act of the Mexican Empire of 1821 / J.L. Ruvalcaba Sil ; M. Grediaga ; C. Gonzalez Tirado ; E. Hernandez Vazquez ; V. Aguilar Melo ; D. Ramirez Miranda ; M. Espinosa Pesqueira |
*Space Heritage: The Apollo Heat Shield; Atmospheric Reentry Imprint on Materials' Surface / Hanna Szczepanowska ; Thomas G. Mathia |
*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 / Christopher A. Maines ; Dawn Rogala ; Susan Lake ; Marion Mecklenburg |
Funding, Methodology and Instrumentation |
*Science at the Interface with Art / Lynnette D. Madsen ; Zeev Rosenzweig ; Kelsey D. Cook ; Michael J. Scott ; Amy M. Jacobson |
*†Ultrafast Laser Cleaning of Daguerreotypes / Michael J. Abere ; Ryan D. Murphy ; Bianca Jackson ; Gerard Mourou ; Michel Menu ; John Mansfield ; Steven M. Yalisove |
*Seeing Through Corrosion: Using Micro-focus X-ray Computed Tomography and Neutron Computed Tomography to Digitally "Clean" Ancient Bronze Coins / Hai-Yen Nguyen ; Steven Keating ; George Bevan ; Alexander Gabov ; Mark Daymond ; Burkhard Schillinger ; Alison Murray |
Dinosaur and Crocodile Fossils from the Mesozoic of Portugal: Neutron Tomography and Synchrotron-radiation Based Micro-computed Tomography / Rui M.S. Martins ; Felix Beckmann ; Rui Castanhinha ; Octávio Mateus ; Philipp Klaus Pranzas |
Preparation and Assessment of Superhydrophobic Organic-inorganic Hybrid Coatings for Conservation of Yungang Grottoes / Shipeng Tian ; Shaojun Liu ; Feng Gao ; Min Fan ; Jianguang Ren |
*Interim Report on the Lightfastness Correlation Project / Mark D. Gottsegen |
Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Contributions |
Reconstructing the Past to Prevent Future Loss: The Dyeing Industry of Pompeii / H.J. Hopkins |
Microstructure and its Physicochemical Basis for the White Porcelain from Gongyi Kiln of Henan Province in China / Weidong Li ; Hongjie Luo ; Xinmin Sun ; Lanhua Liu ; Xiaoke Lu ; Zhiwen Zhao ; Musen Guo |
Author Index |
Subject Index |
Preface |
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
Ancient and Traditional Technologies: Analysis and Reconstruction |