British Museum Technical Research Bulletin
Volume 2
This second volume of the British Museum Technical Research
Bulletin contains articles that address the assessment,
examination, treatment and analysis of objects from across the
Museum’s collections and beyond, reflecting the diverse role that
conservation and scientific activities play within some of the
Museum’s wider programmes.
The articles focus not only on objects conserved and examined as
part of gallery refurbishment programmes and temporary exhibitions,
but also on the results of longer-term studies of the
collection.
The Museum’s international activity is
reflected in the assessment of Neanderthal skeletal remains in
Krapina, Croatia, while an article about a small Egyptian glass
scarab demonstrates how studies that begin with a
particular (perhaps narrow) focus frequently expand to consider
different aspects of the preservation and interpretation of
objects.
All articles have been anonymously
peer-reviewed by specialists outside the British Museum.
Articles
A new look at an old cat: a technical
investigation of the Gayer-Anderson cat
Janet Ambers,
Duncan Hook, Neal Spencer, Fleur Shearman, Susan La Niece,
Rebecca Stacey and Caroline Cartwright
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German and Italian:
A musical instrument fit for a
queen: the metamorphosis of a Medieval citole
Philip Kevin, James Robinson, Susan La Niece, Caroline Cartwright
and Chris Egerton
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
The manufacture and decoration
of Parthian glazed ‘slipper coffins’ from Warka
Andrew Middleton, St John Simpson and Antony P. Simpson
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
Conservation assessment of the
Neanderthal human remains from Krapina, Croatia
and its implications for the debate on the display and loan
of human fossils
Jill Cook and Clare Ward
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
Analysis and conservation of a
weeping glass scarab
Philip J. Fletcher, Ian Freestone and Rainer Geschke
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
The photo-ageing behaviour of
selected watercolour paints under anoxic conditions
Capucine Korenberg
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
Scientific aspects of ancient
faces: mummy portraits from Egypt
Caroline Cartwright and Andrew Middleton
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
A Spanish Medieval altar
‘set’: new investigation and assessment of its date and
manufacture
Maickel van Bellegem, Stefan Röhrs and Bet McLeod
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
Wooden
Egyptian archery bows in the collections of the British
Museum
Caroline Cartwright and John H. Taylor
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Chinese, French, German and Italian:
For more information about any of these articles contact
science@britishmuseum.org
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