
Proceedings
of the 9th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference
Copenhagen 2004
Edited by Per Hoffmann, James A. Spriggs,
Kristiane Strætkvern and David Gregory
Published by the International Council
of Museums (ICOM), Committee for Conservation Working Group on Wet Organic
Archaeological Materials, Bremerhaven 2005
706 pages, fully illustrated, soft cover,
17 x 23,5 cm
EUR 45,00 ISBN 978-3-89757-308-6
Table of contents:
| Introduction |
7
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| In situ preservation, reburials and assessment of wetland sites | |
| Reburial as a method
of preserving archaeological remains. A presentation of the Marstrand project
Thomas Bergstrand, Charlotte Gjelstrup Björdal & Thomas Nilsson, Carola Bohm & Eva Christensson, David Gregory, Inger Nyström, Elizabeth Peacock, Vicki Richards & Ian MacLeod |
9
|
| The James Matthews Shipwreck
- Conservation Survey and In-situ Stabilisation
Ian Godfrey, Ed Reed, Vicki Richards, Nigel West, Trevor Winton |
40
|
| In-situ containment of
sediment for shipwreck reburial projects
Trevor Winton and Vicki Richards |
77
|
| ArchaeoRisk: a Decision
Support System on the Environmental Risk for Archaeological Sites in the
Venice Lagoon and the research study of wooden finds degradation
PEtra Scanferla, Antonio Marcomini, Luigi Fozzati, Roberto Carlo |
91
|
| Extended abstract of
Project Aquarius. Preservation, storage and display of waterlogged wood
in an aquarium
Charlotte Björdal, Thomas Nilsson, Roland Petterson |
99
|
| Displaying waterlogged
archaeological wood at the Museum of London
Elizabeth Goodman and Jill Barnard |
109
|
| Chosen strategies for
identification and verification of wood-inhabiting micro organisms
Anne Christine Helms |
119
|
| Chemical and physical
characterisation of wood of shipwrecks discovered in the ancient harbour
of Pisa (Tuscany-Italy)
Francesca Bettazzi, Gianna Giachi, Giuseppe Staccioli, Stefano Chimichi, Nicola Macchioni |
127
|
| Variations in wood degradation
in the three roman oak ships in the West of the Netherlands
D.J. Huisman, R.K.W.M. Klaassen |
145
|
| "Save the Vasa" and related problems | |
| Save the Vasa - an Introduction
Ingrid Hall Roth and Leif Malmberg |
171
|
| Analyses of sulfur and
iron in marine-archaeological wood
Magnus Sandström, Yvonne Fors, Farideh Jalilehvand, Emiliana Damian and Ulrik Gelius |
181
|
| Extraction of iron compounds
from Vasa wood
Gunnar Almkvist, Lovisa Dal and Ingmar Persson |
203
|
| A XANES sprectroscopic
study of changes in sulfur speciation in waterlogged archaeological wood
in response to high relative humidity
Theo Skinner, Stephanie Erpenbeck, Glenn McConachie, Mark Jones, Andy Smith |
213
|
| Trials on chemical and
microbiological processes for the oxidation of sulphur compounds in archaeological
wood
Khôi Tran, Nicolas Bertout, Francis Dalard and Jean-Pierre Magnin |
227
|
| Molecular detection of
bacteria in the seventeenth century Swedish warship Vasa
Ka-Lai Pang, Rodney A. Eaton and Julian I. Mitchell |
243
|
| PEG in the warship Vasa
and the Viking Ship Skuldelev 2
Martin Nordvig Mortensen, Helge Egsgaard, Yvonne Shashoua and Jens Glastrup |
261
|
| The movement and stability
of PEG in the Vasa wood
Gunnar Almkvist and Ingmar Persson |
269
|
| The implications of using
low molecular weight PEG for impregnation of waterlogged archaeological
wood prior to freeze drying
Poul Jensen and Ulrich Schnell |
279
|
| Experiences with lactitol
and xylitol
Anton Wevers |
311
|
| The Poole logboat: A
Treatment Update, and Investigation into a Suitable Drying Regime for Large-scale
Sucrose Impregnated Waterlogged Wood
Jeremy Hutchings and Jim Spriggs |
333
|
| Conservation of wood - agents and methods - continued | |
| Conclusion and definition
of the "Atomisation" Treatment by PEG Saturation used for a 12 metre long
Greek shipwreck found in Marseilles
D. Boix, H. Bernard-Maugiron, G. Chaumat, A. Gelas |
355
|
| Development of a specific
PEG treatment suitable for "low degraded" wood
Gilles Chaumat, Didier Boux, Michael Picot, Marlène Jacquemont |
365
|
| Conservation and reconstruction
of the Carolingian river barge Karl von Bremen of 808 A.D.
Per Hoffmann |
377
|
| Conservation of wood - projects and case stories | |
| The Queen Anne's revenge
shipwreck project: Recovery, examination and treatment of wood
Sarah Watkins-Kenney, Eric Nordgren, Wendy Welsh and Nathan Henry |
389
|
| The Göta Wreck -
The proceedings of the conservation, reconstruction and display
Sara Wranne, Ebba Samuelsson |
403
|
| The Newport Ship: The
first two years
Kate Hunter |
411
|
| The use of glass fibre
reinforced cement as supporting material for waterlogged wooden objects
Inger M. Bojesen-Koefoed |
429
|
| Development of a conservation
treatment process adapted to archaeological iron/waterlogged wood composites
J.B. Memet and K. Tran |
437
|
| Conservation treatments
of the organic artifacts recovered from the Elisabeth and Mary (1690)
André Bergeron |
461
|
| Conservation of various organic materials | |
| Results from treating
hundreds of waterlogged antlers - study of material behaviour during impregnation
and drying treatments
Xavier Hiron, Didier Bouix, Gilles Chaumat, Marlène Jacquemont, Christine Juy and Amandine Viallon |
473
|
| The conservation of carbonized
documents in the middle 19th century, excavated at Akashi-cho site in Tokyo
Masako Kanayama, Michiko Inoue, Mari Omura |
483
|
| Investigation of Conservation
Methods for a Textile Recovered from the American Civil War Submarine H.L.
Hunley (1864)
Elizabeth E. Peacock |
497
|
| Investigation and conservation of archaeological leather | |
| A preliminary investigation
into the effects of diammonium citrate on waterlogged leather from the
H.L. Hunley submarine (1864)
Paul Mardikian, John E. Baatz, Philippe de Viviés, Michael J. Drews, Susanne Grieve, Frédérique Nicot |
513
|
| The Analysis and Treatment
of Waterlogged Leather II - Application of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
and Artificial Neural Networks
I.M. Godfrey and K. Kasi |
533
|
| A preliminary investigation
into the density of waterlogged archaeological leather
Jan Bruun Jensen |
545
|
| Conservation of Severely
Deteriorated Wet Archaeological Leather Recovered froth the Norwegian Arctic.
Preliminary Results
Elizeabeth E. Peacock |
565
|
| A preliminary examination
of the re-treatment options for leather treated with Turkey Red Oil
Jane de Solmes and Emily Williams |
579
|
| Conservation of archaeological
wet leather - the problem of calcium-soap formation and its removal
Gabriele Maria Zink |
591
|
| Posters |
613
|
| List of Participants |
697
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