Possible modifications of parchment during ion beam analysis – Heritage Science
PIXE detection limits as a function of the collected charge PIXE showed the presence of Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Fe and Zn, as minor and trace level…
Portrait of an artist at work: exploring Max Ernst’s surrealist techniques – Heritage Science
In the subsequent sections, the results of the study will be reported and discussed as follows. Firstly, the Ernst’ painting techniques used in the different paintings will be explained according…
The effect of prior exposure on the lightfastness of early synthetic dyes on textiles – Heritage Science
The procedure described in the “Methodology” section (Fig. 1) was performed for each of the textile samples, to determine the dose causing a JND as a function of prior exposure. From…
Research on mechanical characteristics and energy dissipation of traditional ramming technology – Heritage Science
To gain insight into the mechanism and structural characteristics of the traditional ramming technology, the trend of the ramming stress during the process of ramming, and the transmission law and…
Vitality evaluation of historical and cultural districts based on the values dimension: districts in Beijing City, China – Heritage Science
Overview of methodology Figure 1 shows the framework and process of the whole study. In the first step, the article selects nine historical and cultural districts in Beijing, China according to…
SeparaFill: Two generators connected mural image restoration based on generative adversarial network with skip connect – Heritage Science
It is observed that the murals are dominated by contour lines through the analysis of the painting characteristics of murals. Therefore, its pixels can be divided into contour line parts…
Discussion on the environmental adaptability of weather-resistant measures for earthen sites in China – Built Heritage
Penetrating consolidation Considering the scale of earthen sites, preservation environment, weathering characteristics and soil properties, penetrating consolidation application at earthen sites is currently a popular research direction (Pan et al. 2020,…
Novel nannofossils extraction methods from paintings, coupled with GC–MS for provenance determination and binder analysis – Heritage Science
Turk J, Mauko Pranjić A, Hursthouse A, Turner R, Hughes JJ. Decision support criteria and the development of a decision support tool for the selection of conservation materials for the…
Clustered and dispersed: exploring the morphological evolution of traditional villages based on cellular automaton – Heritage Science
Study area and research period Two villages in China, Hounan (in Dabu County, Meizhou City) and Zhoutian (in Huiyang District, Huizhou City), located in different regions but under the same…
The Qianlong Emperor’s order: scientific analysis helps find French painted enamel among Palace Museum collections – Heritage Science
Metal matrix The XRF analysis results of the metal matrix in the four pots are shown in Table 1. Here, the element analysis was performed using the XRF method. This…