Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Issues in Materials Science

Herausgeber: Reyes Trujeque, Javier; Velazquez Castro, Adrian; Ruvalcaba Sil, Jose Luis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume of proceedings is the first one to bear the title Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Issues in Materials Science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781605113517
• ISBN-10: 1605113514
• Artikelnr.: 36957814

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Non-Destructive Characterization of Cultural Heritage: 1. Formation
of hyperspectral near-infrared images from artworks; 2. Study of colonial
manuscripts from San Nicolás Coatepec, México, through UV and IR imaging
and XRF; Part II. Technical Studies in Art History: 3. Chromatographic
investigations of purple archaeological bio-material pigments used as
biblical dyes; 4. Characterization of a natural dye by spectroscopic and
chromatographic techniques; 5. The influence of glass in the color of red
lakes layers in oil painting: a case study in a pictorial series attributed
to Murillo located in Guadalajara, Mexico; 6. Xavier Guerrero, de México a
Chile (from Mexico to Chile), some remarks about the use of Portland cement
in Mexican muralism; Part III. Archaeological Science: 7. Foreing produced
shell objects in the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan; 8. Technological and
material characterization of lapidary artifacts from Tamtoc archaeological
site, Mexico; 9. Comparative study of two blue pigments from the Maya
Region of Yucatan; 10. Technical study of a set of metallic artifacts from
the Maya site of Lagartero, Chiapas, Mexico; 11. Identifying the criteria
for determining status burials by results of integrated analysis; 12. New
insights into ancient Maya building materials: characterization of mortar,
plaster, and coquina flagstones from Toniná; Part IV. Conversation Studies:
13. How to make a latex rubber sculpture? Manufacturing studies that
improve the creative work of an artist; 14. Decay degree determination of
archaeological shell objects from the great temple of Tenochtitlan, using a
visible light spectrometer; 15. Identification of microorganisms associated
to the biodegradation of historic masonry structure in San Francisco de
Campeche City, México; 16. Chemical evolution of the volcanic tuff from the
Santa Mónica church in Guadalajara, Mexico; 17. Correlation of atmospheric
dust and rainfall as basalt chemical weathering precursors; 18. Additions
of minerals in clays of Morelia Region, Mexico: effects on volumetric
stabilization and color; Part V. Biomaterials Topics: 19. Trace element
analysis of bone from past populations in the peninsula of Yucatan; 20.
Morphometric characterization of the maize: a case study in postclassic
Xaltocan; 21. Self sacrifice awls in Cantona, Puebla, Mexico; Part VI.
Methodologies and Instrumentation: 22. Silver nanoparticles for SERS
identification of dyes; 23. Photoacoustic analysis of natural indigo,
Palygorskite and synthetic Maya blue; 24. Site-specific analysis of
deformation patterns on archaeological heritage by satellite radar
interferometry.