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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349512103321

Autore

Scott David A

Titolo

Metallography in Archaeology and Art / / by David A. Scott, Roland Schwab

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-11265-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages)

Collana

Cultural Heritage Science, , 2366-6226

Disciplina

669.95

669.94

Soggetti

Metals

Cultural heritage

Archaeology

Spectroscopy

Microscopy

Physical chemistry

Materials science

Metallic Materials

Cultural Heritage

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Physical Chemistry

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Principles and Practice of Metallography -- Metallurgy of pre-industrial metals and alloys -- Structures of Metals and Alloys -- Metal plating -- Authenticity Issues and Ancient Metals -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the metallographic study of ancient metals. Metallography is important both conceptually as a microstructural science and in terms of its application to the study of ancient and historic metals.   Metallography is a well-established methodology for the characterization of the microstructure of metals,



which continues to be significant today in quality control and characterization of metallic properties. Not only does the metallographic examination of ancient metals present its own challenges in terms of sample size and interpretation of evidence, but it must be integrated with archaeological data and cultural research in order to obtain the most meaningful results. Issues of authentication and the establishment of fakes and forgeries of metallic artefacts often involve metallographic evidence of both metal and patina or corrosion interface, as an essential component of such a study. The present volume sets out the basic features of relevant metallic systems, enhanced with a series of examples of typical microstructural types, with illustrative case studies and examples throughout the text derived from studies undertaken by the two authors. This book provides a comprehensive presentation of metallography for archaeologists, archaeometallurgists, conservators, conservation scientists and metallurgists of modern materials. .