Os métodos científicos e o património cultural

Acabou de ser publicado o seguinte livro:

Gilberto Artioli, Scientific Methods and Cultural Heritage. An Introduction to the Application of Materials Science to Archaeometry and Conservation Science, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Índice:

• Introduction 1
• Analytical methods applied to cultural heritage problems and requirements 5
• The view of the artist: materials 7
• The view of the archaeologist: interpreting the past 9
• The view of the curator and the conservator: conservation issues 12
• The view of the scientist: optimizing the techniques 14
• Overview of the analytical techniques 16
• Available techniques: a problem of energy, space, time, and cost 17
• Sampling problems: invasive, micro-invasive, and non-invasive methods 94
• A question of boundaries: detection limits and limiting questions 101
• How to match problems, materials, and methods 106
• Time and dating: an overview 130
• Materials and case studies: how to meet the needs 199
• Structural materials I: lithics, rocks, stones, structural clay products, ceramics 201
• Structural materials II: cements, mortars, and other binders 242
• Pigments 266
• Glass and faience 278
• Metals 305
• Gems 348
• Organic materials 355
• An example of complex composite materials and processes: Photography 419
• Present and future trends: analytical strategies and problems 434
• Reference list 438
• Permission list 507
• Image acknowledgements 515
• Index 519