Notice catalographique « Proceedings of the 8th ICOM group on wet organic archaeological materials conference, Stockholm, 2001 »

• Hoffmann, Per
• Grant, Tara
• Cook, Clifford
• ICOM Committee for Conservation. Working Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials

Contents:

The conservation of the Bremen Cog - the final years
Per Hoffmann

Monitoring ship's hulls. The geodetic survey system of the 17th century ship Vasa.

Salt precipitation on Vasa timbers; An introduction to a problem

Acidity and salt precipitation on the Vasa: The sulfur problem

Conservation of Roman structural timbers using the Two-Step-Method

Mud, Sand, & PEG: Cleaning up a treatment gone awry

Reassembly of the Sixteenth-Century Basque Chalupa recovered from Red Bay, Canada

The redisplay of Viking house timbers in Jorvik, York

Environment, heritage management, and in situ conservation

Cultural heritage management under water in Sweden - a west coast perspective

In situ preservation and re-burial, - methods to handle archaeological ship remains in the archipelago of Goteborg, Sweden

Underwater cultural heritage management in Western Sweden

Reburial of timbers from the intertidal zone: The ongoing saga of Holme next the Sea

Development of a protocol for the reburial of organic archaeological remains

In situ preservation of artefacts in Nydam Mose: Studies into environment monitoring and the deterioration of wooden artefacts

The use of microsensors for measurements of parameters regulating soil processes in wetland areas

Project Aquarius - Exploring the use of anoxic water for exhibiting or storing archaeological wooden artefacts

Decomposition of waterlogged archaeological wood

DNA based identification of bacteria inhabiting waterlogged wooden artefacts from the Nydam Bog

The use of pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry to study the extent of degradation of waterlogged wood

The analysis of acid-affected Batavia timbers

Simple analysis for iron content in archaeological wood

Dynamic LV-SEM analyses of freeze drying processes for waterlogged wood

Freezing of polyethylene glycol - compression strengths and freezing curves for highmolecular weight PEGs with and without low-molecular weight PEGS added

New approach to saturation spraying treatment by using an "atomisation" process

Contribution to the optimisation of PEG concentrations in waterlogged degraded wood suitable for subsequent freeze-drying treatments

Conservation treatment of waterlogged wood with supercritical carbon dioxide

Conservation of waterlogged archaeological lacquer-ware using lactitol

Identification and conservation of a placenta container and the remains inside excavated from a feudal Lords family burial site in the 17'" century

Conservation of a collection of waterlogged composite rifles dating from the 17th century recovered from the Brescou II marine site

An improvement on the lactitol conservation method used for the conservation of archaeological waterlogged wood. (The conservation method using a lactitol and trehalose mixture)

Investigations into the mineral content of waterlogged archaeological leather

Iron removal from waterlogged leather and rope recovered from shipwreck sites

The conservation of the Llangorse textile

A comparative study of conservation methods for waterlogged hazelnuts

Analysis of and conservation proposals for an archaeological sponge

Iron removal from waterlogged ivory and bone

The treatment of waterlogged tortoiseshell from Independence National Historical Park, Pennsylvania

Archaeological conservation laboratory design - a Parks Canada solution
Clifford Cook

The diploma course in marine archaeological conservation at Evtek Institute of Art and Design, Finland

Discussion on freeze-drying

Set up of a treatment procedure for a very large collection of antlers coming from the Neolithic sites of Chalain (Jura, France)

Optimization of conservation treatment for very degraded waterlogged archaeologic leather by addition of cellulose ether

Study on change of PEG impregnated, waterlogged wood over twenty-eight years

Braids on excavated iron swords

Actualistic soil burial studies of resistant biopolymers

Housing solutions for archaeological textiles

Treatment of waterlogged wood using hydrolysable, multi-functional alkoxysilane polymers

• Wood - Deterioration
• Underwater archaeology
• Excavations (Archaeology)
• Fouilles (Archéologie)
• Archéologie sous-marine
• Bois - Détérioration