Bridging Science and Heritage in the Balkans: Studies in Archaeometry and Cultural Heritage Restoration and Conservation

Cover\nTitle Page\nCopyright page\nContents Page\nForeword\nMultiple Investigation Methods Combined\n	Micro- and Macroarchaeology –\n		How Can the Two Be Combined?\n			Ulrike Sommer, Silvia Amicone and Elena Chernysheva\n		Archaeometry and Individual Biographies:\n			Evidence from Radiocarbon Dating, Isotope-Based Diet Reconstruction and Metal Composition from the 14th-17th-Century Cemetery in Bărăşti (Southern Romania)\n				Nona Palincaş,1 Corina Anca Simion,2 Gabriela Odilia Sava,2 Oana Gâza,2 Tiberiu Bogdan Sava,2 Bogdan Constantinescu,2 Daniela Stan2 and Maria Mihaela Manea2\nRadiocarbon Dating\n	Case Studies on the Dating of Bronze Age Cremation Burials in Hungary\n		Archaeological-Historical Information and Radiocarbon Dating:\n			Problems of the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Chronology of the Carpathian-Danubian-Balkan Region\n				Attila László\n		Radiocarbon Dating of the Wooden Church in Borovineşti\n			(Southern Romania, 19th Century): An Attempt to Elucidate the History of the Church\n				Corina Anca Simion,1 Nona Palincaş,2 Gabriela Odilia Sava,1 Oana Gâza,1 Iuliana Mădălina Stanciu,1 Tiberiu Bogdan Sava,1 Doru Gheorghe Păceşilă,1 Iulia Anania3 and Laurenţiu Dragomir3\n		Provenance and Possible Links to Pieces in the Detroit Institute of Arts and the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art\n			Bogdan Constantinescu,1 Daniela Stan,1 Angela Vasilescu1 and Mircea Babeş2\nCeramics\n	Compositional Analysis of the White and Red Colours\n		in the Chalcolithic ‘Sanctuary’ at Căscioarele-‘Ostrovel’ Tell (Southern Romania, c. 4800-4550 cal BC)\n			Radu-Alexandru Dragoman,1 Maria-Mihaela Manea,2 Radu Florin Andrei,2 Dragoş Alexandru Mirea,2 Mădălina Răvar,2 Corina Anca Simion2 and Mihai Straticiuc2\n		Archaeometric Studies of Boian Pottery from Nanov-‘Vistireasa 3’\n			(Teleorman County, Romania, c. 4800-4500 cal BC)\n				Vasile Opriș,1,2 Dragoș Alexandru Mirea,3 Radu Florin Andrei,3 Mihai Straticiuc,3 Corina Anca Simion,3 Ioana Stănculescu,3,4 Lucreția Miu5 and Laurențiu Dincă5\nGlass\n	Glass Analysis in Relation to Historical Questions\n		Žiga Šmit1,2\n		A Decorated Islamic Manuscript from the Ottoman Turkish Period:\n			Paper Characterization, Dating and Conservation\n				Maja Kostadinovska1 Irena Naumovska,1 Zorica Jakovleska Spirovska1 and Tatijana Kančevska Smičkovska2\nThe Micro-Chemical and Spectroscopic Study\n	of Component Materials in 18th- and 19th- Century Printed Holy Books\n		Maja Kostadinovska,1 Orhideja Grupče,2 Zorica Jakovleska-Spirovska1 and Biljana Minčeva-Šukarova2\nDNA Analysis\n	DNA Analysis of the Human Remains Found in a Cucuteni Ritual Pit\n		in Eastern Romania (4100-3800 cal BC)\n			Neculai Bolohan,1 Florica Măţău,3 Mitică Ciorpac3 and Dragoş Lucian Gorgan2\nArchaeometric Field Research Methods\n	The Boyadzhik Concession Area:\n		the Use of GIS Technology in the Protection of Cultural Heritage\n			Todor Valchev and Stefan Bakardzhiev\nHeritage Conservation Methods\n	Laser-Assisted Removal of Graffiti Paint on Stone:\n		Potential Use in the Restoration of Cultural Heritage Monuments\n			Victoria Atanassova, Ivan Kostadinov, Peter Zahariev and Margarita Grozeva\n		Cultural Heritage Disinfection by Irradiation\n			Corneliu C. Ponta\n			Nuclear Techniques in Preservation Treatments of Archaeological Organic Materials and How to Take Archaeological Studies into Account When Applying Them\n				Laurent Cortella\nBack cover