A lydian bed of iron, bronze and copper: Technical examination of a metallurgical masterpiece

Studies in Conservation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Scott, David A ^a   Maish, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; CAST IRON; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CORROSION; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WEAVING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

BURIAL ENVIRONMENTS; CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE; CORROSION PRODUCTS; CORROSION STUDIES; LIBETHENITE; MORTISE AND TENON JOINT; MULTI-LAYERED; TECHNICAL EXAMINATION;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951570799     PISSN: 00393630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/sic.2010.55.1.3     Document Type: Article

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