The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage

C. Saiz-Jimenez

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781138026940
• eBook ISBN: 9781317578598
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: Social Sciences

This proceedings volume contains selected papers presented at the Workshop on the Conservation of the Subterranean Cultural Heritage, held 25-27 March 2014, in Seville, Spain. The workshop was organized by the Spanish Network of Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (TechnoHeritage). Contributions cover the following fields: archaeology, history, conservation, maintenance and restoration, architectural sciences and engineering.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of contents
• The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage: Is it a technical problem or a political problem?
• The rock-cut tomb-chapels of Hery and Djehuty on the West Bank of Luxor
• Excavations and conservation problems in the Roman Necropolis along Via Triumphalis in the Vatican
• Problems of colour preservation in the Etruscan necropolises of Tuscany (Italy): The painted tombs of Chiusi (Siena) and Sovana, Sorano (Grosseto)
• A study for monitoring and conservation in the Roman Catacombs of St. Callistus and Domitilla, Rome (Italy)
• The conservation of the Carmona Necropolis (Sevilla, Spain)
• Methodological approach to monitor Roman Catacombs: Experience in the Catacombs of St. Mark, Marcellian and Damasus, Rome, Italy
• Identification of lime-based mural painting techniques in catacombs using well-established criteria of stratigraphic investigation
• New species description, biomineralization processes and biocleaning applications of Roman catacombs-living bacteria
• The mural execution technique of the “dei Fornai” cubicle revealed by laser cleaning
• Indoors diversity in phototrophic biofilms at St. Paul’s Catacombs (Malta)
• Detection of urban subsurface pollution by rapid multiparametric surveys in the 16th century Paranhos spring water tunnel (Porto, Portugal)
• Is the presence of bacterial communities related to the urban contamination sources of the 16th century Paranhos spring water tunnel?
• Microbe-mineral interactions at a Portuguese geo-archaeological site
• “La vie en rose”: A review of the rosy discoloration of subsurface monuments
• NanoGraphene Oxide: A new material for a non-invasive and non-destructive strategy to remove biofilms from rock surfaces
• Round table on conservation of necropolises, catacombs and tombs
• Microclimatic monitoring in Altamira Cave: Two decadesof scientific projects for its conservation
• Altamira and its future
• The conservation of Lascaux Cave, France
• The conservation of Chauvet Cave, France. The conservation, research organization and the diffusion of knowledge of a cave inaccessible to the public
• The conservation of prehistoric caves in Cantabria, Spain
• The conservation of the Nerja Cave: Preserving anthropogenic impact in a tourist cave
• Cueva del Tesoro, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga: A treasure of biodiversity
• Contribution of culture-independent methods to cave aerobiology: The case of Lascaux Cave
• Are fungi a real threat for the conservation of Altamira Cave?
• Pathogenic microorganisms related to human visits in Altamira Cave, Spain
• Microscopic fungi isolated from cave air and sediments in the Nerja Cave—preliminary results
• Human impact on show caves: Chewing gum stuck to the walls
• Lampenflora as an accompaniment of mass cave tourism, problems and solutions for Postojnska jama, Slovenia
• Microorganisms and the natural heritage of Dinaric karst—a review
• Needle-fiber calcite in Kapova Cave (the Southern Urals, Russia): Influence on Upper Paleolithic wall paintings and genesis problems
• Raman Microscopy and IR Imaging of the Palaeolithic Paintings from Kapova Cave, Southern Ural, Russia
• Applications of Raman and Infrared spectroscopies to the research and conservation of subterranean cultural heritage
• Round table on conservation of caves
• Author index
• Colour plates