New Open Access Journal: Heritage Science

Heritage Science is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research covering:

• Understanding of the manufacturing processes, provenances, and environmental contexts of material types, objects, and buildings, of cultural significance including their historical significance.
• Understanding and prediction of physico-chemical and biological degradation processes of cultural artefacts, including climate change, and predictive heritage studies.
• Development and application of analytical and imaging methods or equipments for non-invasive, non-destructive or portable analysis of artwork and objects of cultural significance to identify component materials, degradation products and deterioration markers.
• Development and application of invasive and destructive methods for understanding the provenance of objects of cultural significance.
• Development and critical assessment of treatment materials and methods for artwork and objects of cultural significance.
• Development and application of statistical methods and algorithms for data analysis to further understanding of culturally significant objects.
• Publication of reference and corpus datasets as supplementary information to the statistical and analytical studies above.
• Description of novel technologies that can assist in the understanding of cultural heritage.

Where research reflects current usage of and advances in analytical techniques, it is anticipated that authors will place their work in the context of cultural and conservation studies. The conclusions should clarify the importance of the findings to heritage science, to be clear that the advance is not merely to record a number of measurements.

Volume 1 (2013) - April 2013

 

Review  Fine particulate matter in indoor cultural heritage: a literature review Josep Grau-Bové, Matija Strlič Heritage Science 2013, 1:8 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF

Research article  Deposition of suspended fine particulate matter in a library Jiří Smolík, Ludmila Mašková, Naděžda Zíková, Lucie Ondráčková, Jakub Ondráček Heritage Science 2013, 1:7 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF

Research article  Analytical pyrolysis with in-situ silylation, Py(HMDS)-GC/MS, for the chemical characterization of archaeological and historical amber objects Maria Perla Colombini, Erika Ribechini, Marco Rocchi, Paola Selleri Heritage Science 2013, 1:6 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF

Research article  Recovery and examination of sculpture group Fugitive Slave by V. Beklemishev Kamilla B Kalinina, Sander Habets, Evelina A Tarasova, Svetlana L Petrova Heritage Science 2013, 1:5 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF|Graphical abstract

Research article  Non-invasive analytical techniques applied to characterize the components of ancient golden medallions Jose L Perez-Rodriguez, María D Robador, María C Jimenez de Haro, Jose M Martinez Blanes, Isabel Garofano, Carlos Odriozola, Adrian Duran Heritage Science 2013, 1:4 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF|Graphical abstract

Research article  Temporal humidity variations in the heritage climate of South East England Peter Brimblecombe Heritage Science 2013, 1:3 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF

Research article  Classification of Hungarian medieval silver coins using x-ray fluorescent spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis Anita Rácz, Károly Héberger, Róbert Rajkó, János Elek Heritage Science 2013, 1:2 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF|Graphical abstract

Editorial  Editorial Richard G Brereton Heritage Science 2013, 1:1 (3 April 2013) Abstract | Full text | PDF