Physics methods in archaeometry

The role of exact sciences in connection with cultural heritage now is well established and a new scientific branch has been generated: Archaeometry. Literally, Archaeometry means measurement on ancient objects. It is a multidisciplinary field of investigations where the rigorous methods of exact sciences give a fundamental contribution to solving the problems associated with conservation and restoration, as well as to the study itself of the cultural heritage. Archaeometry, as a scientific research field, involves interdisciplinary groups formed by scholars of the humanistic area together wit.

Optical spectroscopy and colorimetry. -- Distance and transformation in the multivariate analysis of archaeometric data. -- Thermodynamics for cultural heritage. -- Ion beam techniques for the analysis of archaeological metallic artefacts. -- Information technologies applied to scientific examination of museum collections. -- Scientific techniques and methodologies for the provenance of white marbles. -- The physical basis of thermoluminescence dating and its applications. -- Quantitative XRF analysis in archaeometric applications. -- The gilding of other metals since 3000 BC. -- The manufacture of wire since the Bronze Age. -- The scientific work on the Sutton Hoo ship burial. -- Unmasking forged antiquities. -- Synchrotron radiation and neutrons in archaeological and cultural heritage science. -- Archaeometallurgy. -- Image spectroscopy for diagnostics and conservation of contemporary art. -- Archaeometry. -- Production technology of ancient pottery. -- Glass and related vitreous materials. -- Glazed pottery. -- Radionuclide dating in archaeology by accelerator mass spectrometry. -- Scientific methods and applications to archaeological provenance studies. -- Stable isotopes and …