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Conservation of metal objects from underwater sites : a study in methods /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hamilton, Donny Leon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : Texas Memorial Museum, 1976.
Series:Miscellaneous papers (Texas Memorial Museum) ; no. 4.
Texas Antiquities Committee publication ; no. 1.
Subjects:
Underwater archaeology > Methodology.
Archaeological chemistry.
Metal-work > Conservation and restoration.
Archéologie sous-marine.
Chimie archéologique.
underwater archaeology.
Underwater archaeology.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Historical perspective
  • Tenets of conservation
  • The role of conservation in marine archeology
  • TARL in marine artifact conservation
  • Metal corrosion
  • Ferrous metal corrosion
  • Nonferrous metal corrosion
  • Preliminary steps: documentation, storage, and mechanical cleaning
  • Initial documentation
  • Storage prior to treatment
  • Encrustation removal
  • Preliminary artifact evaluation
  • Conservation of ferrous metals
  • Electrochemical cleaning
  • Chemical cleaning
  • Annealing
  • Water diffusion
  • Final conservation steps
  • Conservation of nonferrous metals
  • Cupreous metals
  • Silver and silver alloys
  • Tin, lead, and lead alloys
  • Gold and gold alloys
  • Casting and molding
  • Materials
  • Casting techniques
  • Application of conservation as an archeological technique
  • The role of the conservator
  • Field recommendations
  • Documentation in the lab--case histories
  • Significance of distributional studies
  • Conservation considerations
  • Interaction of conservation and archeology.