Relics @ the Lab: An Analytical Approach to the Study of Relics

The book Relics @ the Lab, an Analytical Approach to the Study of

Relics includes a series of studies presented at the first

international workshop Relics @ the Lab organized by the Royal Institute

of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October

2016). The papers cover a large variety of themes as well as analytical

methods. Some papers focus on the primary relics while others deal with

the nature and origin of secondary as well as tertiary relics. The first

group of papers emphases on the archaeological authenticity of the

relics, the second group elucidate the use, additions and manipulations

of the relics through the ages.
The applied analytical

techniques are very divers. Radiocarbon and physical anthropology are

the main tools to study the primary relics, while dye analysis, imaging

techniques, textile analysis and dendrochronology are used to study the

secondary and tertiary relics. Sometimes unexpected techniques, like the

analysis of writing ink or the determination of plants and excrements,

complete the wide range of analytical methods used to understand the

origin, nature and context of the relics.
br />Academics

as well as professionals working in archaeology, art history, museum

labs and conservation sciences will find this an invaluable reference

source.