Radiography of cultural material / edited by Janet Lang and Andrew Middleton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lang, Janet, 1938-

Middleton, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Material culture--Radiography.

Material culture.

Radiography in archaeology.

Radiography.

Physical Description:

198 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.

Summary:

Radiography has made an invaluable contribution to the identification, care and understanding of cultural material. This book illustrates applications of radiography including: assessing the condition of artefacts before conservation, uncovering previous restorations, elucidating methods of construction, and revealing hidden features and inscriptions.

There have been significant developments since the publication of the first edition of this book, the most striking of which has been the rapid progress in digital techniques and the obsolescence of xeroradiography. This new edition reflects the ever increasing integration of digital processing into the collection, processing and dissemination of radiographic images, and includes chapters devoted to radiographic images, quality control, as well as new material on animal bones and a great number of new case studies and images.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Radiography: theory / Andrew Middleton, Janet Lang 1

Chapter 2 Radiographic images / Janet Lang, Andrew Middleton, Janet Ambers, Tony Higgins 20

Chapter 3 Metals / Janet Lang 49

Chapter 4 Ceramics / Andrew Middleton 76

Chapter 5 X-Rays and paper / Vincent Daniels, Janet Lang 96

Chapter 6 Paintings / Catherine Hassell 112

Chapter 7 Radiography: archaeo-human and animal remains 130

Part I Clinical radiography and archaeo-human remains / Reg Davis

Part II Radiography of animal remains / Janet Ambers

Chapter 8 Applications of radiography in conservation / Fleur Shearman, Simon Dove 155

Chapter 9 Restoration, pastiche and fakes / Susan La Niece 175.

Notes:

Previous ed.: Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0750663472

OCLC:

60418503