An Approach to the conservation of deeply corroded archaeological Silver. The polos from Crucinia (Contributo in atti di convegno)

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  • An Approach to the conservation of deeply corroded archaeological Silver. The polos from Crucinia (Contributo in atti di convegno) (literal)
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  • 2004-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Archi Olsoufieff, A. (1); Colacicchi Alessandri, O.; Ferretti, M. (2004)
    An Approach to the conservation of deeply corroded archaeological Silver. The polos from Crucinia
    in Metal 04, Camberra, 4-8 October 2004
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  • Archi Olsoufieff, A. (1); Colacicchi Alessandri, O.; Ferretti, M. (literal)
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  • 261 (literal)
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  • 272 (literal)
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  • Proceedings of Metal 04 (literal)
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  • 1) Conservator restorer, Roma, Italy. 2) Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, Roma, Italy. 3) CNR- Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali, Roma, Italy. (literal)
Titolo
  • An Approach to the conservation of deeply corroded archaeological Silver. The polos from Crucinia (literal)
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  • 1-876944-33-1 (literal)
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  • J. Ashton, D. Hallam (literal)
Abstract
  • This work presents a case study on the conservation of highly deteriorated archaeological silver objects; the subject is a polos that is, a rich and sophisticated headgear, made of silver laminae, embossed and gilded, belonging to a priestess' burial from Southern Italy, dated around the VI century B.C. The conservation treatment was particularly complex due to a unique concomitance of different problems such as the extreme fragility and distorsion of the pieces, the lack of comparisons, the poor context information. Scientific investigations concerned both the conservation-related aspects and the fabrication technique: radiographies allowed to locate - before cleaning - cracks and areas of deep corrosion, whereas scanning electron microscopy provided information on the corrosion patterns and the gilding technique. (literal)
  • Este trabajo presenta el estudio de un caso de conservación de objetos de plata arqueológica fuertemente corroídos; se trata de un polos, esto es un rico y sofisticado casco hecho de láminas de plata, repujado y dorado, perteneciente al enterramiento de una princesa del sudeste de Italia, y datado en el siglo VI a.C. aproximadamente. El tratamiento de conservación fue particularmente complejo debido a la concomitancia única de distintos problemas como la extrema fragilidad y distorsión de las piezas, la falta de elementos de comparación y la poca información del contexto. Las investigaciones científicas trataron tanto los aspectos relacionados con la conservación como las técnicas de fabricación: las radiografías permitieron localizar las fracturas y zonas de corrosión intensa antes de la limpieza, mientras que la microscopía electrónica proporcionó información acerca de las capas de corrosión y de la técnica de dorado. (literal)
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