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Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq's Past
edited by Geoff Emberling and Katharyn Hanson
With an introduction by Professor McGuire Gibson, this up-to-date account describes the state of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad and chronicles the damage done to archaeological sites by illicit digging. Contributors include Donny George, John M. Russell, Katharyn Hanson, Clemens Reichel, Elizabeth C. Stone, and Patty Gerstenblith. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name opening at the Oriental Institute April 10, 2008, ...
Paperback. Price GB £20.00

First Aid for the Excavation of Archaeological Textiles
edited by Carole Gillis and Marie-Louise B Nosch
This small booklet is an important conservation guide. It deals with the special care required in order to deal with these delicate fabrics during their excavation and recording.

It is included as an appendix in Ancient Textiles: Production, Crafts and Society

48p, b/w illus (Ancient Textiles Series 2, Oxbow Books 2007)
Paperback. Price GB £3.95

Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation
edited by Hadrian Cook and Tom Williamson
This book brings to public attention some of the most evocative and threatened features of the landscape of southern England. Water meadows work with nature to improve agricultural productivity, whilst providing rich habitats for wildlife such as water voles, waders and grass snakes. They are areas of low-lying grassland which are regularly 'drowned' - artificially irrigated - at certain times of the year, to stimulate the early growth of grass ...
Paperback. Price GB £20.00

Maintenance of Historic Buildings: A Practical Handbook
by Jurgen Klemisch
Designed for building managers and their conservation advisors, this handbook provides a model for planning a maintenance programme for historic buildings. It outlines the various stages of maintenance procedures, including advice on timing and budgeting, as well as practical instructions for division of responsibilities and carrying out of tasks. It also sets out a systematic method for routine inspections and repairs. 218p b/w illus (Donhead ...
Hardback. Price GB £40.00

Preventive Conservation: Caring for Artefacts and Collections
edited by Chris Caple
This book aims to bridge the gap between the basic museum generated literature and technical and detailed conservation literature. It highlights the wide variety of threats, develops the concept of an holistic appreciation of these threats, and too appreciates the need to prioritise the appropriate forms of response. It uses a careful balance of sources, some technical, some theoretical, some practical as well as case studies to explore threats ...
Paperback. Price GB £32.99
Hardback. Price GB £100.00

Metropolitan Museum Studies in Art, Science and Technology 2010, Volume 1
edited by Sylvia Centeno et al.
This is the first volume in a new series focused on the technical study of museum objects through the collaborative efforts of conservators, research scientists, and curators. Written for a professional audience, the publication underscores the importance of a thorough understanding of the context, materials, and technical nature of works of art. This volume includes a history of early objects conservation practices in The Metropolitan Museum of ...
Paperback. Price GB £45.00

Holding it All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation
edited by Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt, Lynne Harrison and David Saunders
This volume explores ancient methods of construction maintenance and repair alongside modern conservation techniques. The papers are divided into three groups: ancient and traditional joins and repairs, modern joins and repairs, and case studies on subjects as diverse as the Caergwrle bowl, a Bronze Age shale bowl apparently depicting a boat, and the types of conservation materials used in early twentieth century Mexico. 210p b/w and col illus ...
Paperback. Price GB £45.00

Measured and Drawn: Techniques and Practice for the Metric Survey of Historic Buildings, Second Edition
by David Andrews, Jon Bedford, Bill Blake, Paul Bryan, Tom Cromwell, and Richard Lea
The main aim of metric survey is `the measurement and pictorial representation of land and buildings to a specified standard, supplying reliable and repeatable base data without specific thematic input'. Published to complement English Heritage's other guides to historic recording, this is an introduction to the techniques used in metric survey. Sections on control method and descriptions of techniques used are followed by a series of case ...
Price GB £15.00

Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation
edited by Aicha Ben Abed, Martha Demas and Thomas Roby
This well produced and illustrated volume publishes the proceedings of the ninth conference of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics held in 2005. The essays are primarily focused on theory and practice, evaluating the previous thirty years of mosaic conservation and making recommendations for the future. The main "lesson learned" during this time is here evaluated as the shift from lifting mosaics to in situ conservation, ...
Paperback. Price GB £50.00

The Nebamun Wall Paintings: Conservation, Scientific Analysis
edited by Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard
The eleven fragments of wall-painting from the tomb chapel of the official Nebamun, are some of the greatest treasures of the British Museum, and one of the finest examples of Egyptian painting anywhere. Following conservation they are now back on display again in a new gallery, and have already been the subject of one new British Museum publication, a general introduction to the works. This book reports not on the paintings as art per se, ...
Paperback. Price GB £35.00