Natural Fe-bearing ochres ranging in color from yellow to deep red and brown abound on
earth's crust. Quite often, ochres can be used for pigmenting purposes upon little or no …

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy has become an established analytical atomic
emission spectroscopic technique. It has analytical and technical advantages over other …

During the past decade, Raman spectroscopy has been increasingly applied for the analysis
of objects of art and antiquities. Since the publication of the database of Raman spectra of …

An extensive overview of the complementary use of micro-FTIR and micro-Raman
spectroscopy in the Cultural Heritage studies is described in this work. The samples have …

Recent studies are concisely reviewed, in which X-ray beams of (sub) micrometre to
millimetre dimensions have been used for non-destructive analysis and characterization of …

Mobile instrumentation is of growing importance to archaeometry research. Equipment is
utilized in the field or at museums, thus avoiding transportation or risk of damage to valuable …

This paper gives an overview of research in or associated with the pan-European network
COST Action G8, which aims at achieving a better preservation and conservation of our …

Powdered pigments found in bowls from the Pompeii archaeological site and some wall‐
painting fragments from the Vesuvian area (conserved in the National Archaeological …

With the aim to establish advantages and limitations of techniques commonly employed for
material characterization of Cultural Heritage objects, we performed comparative …

The theory of fresco as the standard painting technique in Roman wall paintings, formulated
in the mid-1960s by Paolo Mora and Laura Mora and Paul Philippot, has enjoyed general …