Non-invasive Technologies Applied in Cultural Heritage
A special issue of Heritage (ISSN 2571-9408).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 19513
Special Issue Editors
Interests: archaeological ceramics; provenance; pigments; ancient mortars; ore microscopy
Interests: applied geophysics; GPR; archaeology
Interests: archaeometry; cultural heritage conservation; geomaterials
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Interests: archaeometry, archaeometallurgy, ancient alloys, cultural heritage conservation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cultural Heritages are part of the history and culture of human beings, therefore their conservation is the main aim of modern Science.
Sciences applied to Cultural Heritage have been growing applications in recent decades with innovative methodologies and techniques, improving the interaction between science, art and conservation. Therefore, new experts with adequate perception of both the problems involved in the conservation of cultural heritage and the scientific methodologies useful to solve these problems, have been trained.
The scientific approach has been appropriately applied in two perspectives: conservation and archaeological study. The first with the aim to find new solutions and products to conserve various kinds of materials, and the second is to improve the knowledge of production technology and past cultures. In both cases, non-invasive techniques are preferred to limit the consumption of the material, favoring the preservation of Cultural Heritage for future generations. Consequently, a large branch of science has been focused on developing new strategies, methodologies, sampling methods, and the elaboration of data to improve the results obtained by non-invasive technologies.
This Special Issue aims to collect scientific contributions on non-invasive technologies applied in Cultural Heritage for new conservative approaches, new archeometric techniques, innovative monitoring techniques and management strategies with particular attention to the projects of Young Researchers.
Topics included in this Special Issue (but not limited to the following):
- Innovative sampling methods;
- Non-invasive monitoring methods;
- 3D reconstructions for the access to Cultural Heritage;
- New protocols for in situ analysis;
- Imaging spectroscopy;
- GIS and database;
- Photogrammetry and remote sensing;
- Data processing.
Dr. Silvano Mignardi
Dr. Wenke Zhao
Dr. Laura Medeghini
Dr. Melania Di Fazio
Guest Editors
Laura Calzolari
Guest Editor Assistant
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