The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 4

by David Saunders (Editor)

Overview

This annual bulletin offers a behind the scenes glimpse into the current work of curators, conservators and scientists at the British Museum.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781904982555
Publisher:	Archetype Books
Publication date:	11/01/2010
Series:	British Museum Technical Research Bulletin Volume , #3
Edition description:	Volume 4
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	8.27(w) x 11.61(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword

David Saunders

The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid-nineteenth-century Ethiopian church painting

Heidi Cutts, Lynne Harrison, Catherine Higgitt and Pippa Cruickshank

Coatings and contents: investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth-century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt)

Rebecca Stacey, Caroline Cartwright, Satoko Tanimoto and Alexandra Villing

A gold four-horse model chariot from the Oxus Treasure: a fine illustration of Achaemenid goldwork

Aude Mongiatti, Nigel Meeks and St John Simpson

The 'Treu Head': a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy

Giovanni Verri, Thorsten Opper and Thibaut Deviese

Change and stasis: the technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin

Paul Craddock, Michael Cowell, Duncan Hook, Michael Hughes, Susan La Niece and Nigel Meeks

Investigating the construction methods of an opus vermiculatum mosaic panel

Melina Smirniou, Giovanni Verri, Paul Roberts, Andrew Meek and Michela Spataro

Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy

Melanie Rimmer and Quanyu Wang

Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales

Hans Bjelkhagen and Jill Cook

New light on old swords from Iran

St John Simpson and Susan La Niece