Mineralogical Applications for Cultural Heritage
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2018) | Viewed by 84606
Special Issue Editor
Interests: slags; (ancient) metal artifacts; (ancient) coins; phase equilibria; geosites; ore geology; heavy metal pollution; applied mineralogy; archaeometallurgy; cultural heritage; atchaeometry; museum collections; conservation studies
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“Our entire society rests upon and is dependent upon our water, our land, our forests, and our MINERALS” (John F. Kennedy, Special Message to the Congress on Natural Resources, 23 February, 1961).
Dear Colleagues,
Minerals, rocks, and products derived from them (glass, metals, pottery, mortar, etc.) form the foundation of tangible Cultural Heritage, from paintings to sculptures, from monuments to archaeological sites. The effects of interactions between geological and physico-chemical processes on the one hand, and geomaterials and the man-made artifacts on the other, are well known by mineralogists. Thus, they are able to provide relevant clues towards the characterization of geomaterials employed for cultural heritage, reconstruction of ancient technologies of production, tracing of the material sources, and definition of conservation strategies.
In this Special Issue, we seek to assemble a balanced combination of field and laboratory studies concerning recent advances in the applications of mineral sciences for different fields of cultural heritage. Papers providing data on novel experimental and analytical techniques, as well as studies concerning mineral sciences’ applications to metals, ceramics, glasses, mortar/plaster, pigments, gems, are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Marco Benvenuti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mineral sciences
- cultural heritage
- geomaterials
- archaeometry
- technology of production
- material source(s)
- state of conservation
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