Science, technology and cultural heritage : proceedings of the second International Congress on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Sevilla, Spain, 24-27 June 2014

The Second International Congress on Science and Technology for the conservation of Cultural Heritage was held in Seville, Spain, June 24-27, 2014, under the umbrella of the TechnoHeritage network. TechnoHeritage is an initiative funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity dedicated to the creation of a network which integrates CSIC and University groups, private companies and end users such as foundations, museums or institutions. The network’s purpose is to foster the creation of transdisciplinary (and not only multidisciplinary) initiatives focused on the study of all assets, movable or immovable, that make up Cultural Heritage. The congress was dedicated to six topics, namely (1) Environmental assessment and monitoring (pollution, climate change, natural events, etc.) of Cultural Heritage; (2) New products and materials for conservation and maintenance of Cultural Heritage; (3) Agents and mechanisms of deterioration of Cultural Heritage (physical, chemical, biological), including deterioration of modern materials used in Contemporary Art and information storage; (4) Development of new instruments, non-invasive technologies and innovative solutions for analysis, protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage; (5) Security technologies, remote sensing and G.I.S. for the protection and management of Cultural Heritage; and (6) Significance, social value and policies for the conservation of Cultural Heritage. This volume publishes a total of seventy-two contributions which reflect some of the most recent responses to the challenge of cultural assets conservation and the application of different scientific approaches to the common goal of the conservation of Cultural Heritage. Front Cover 1 Table of contents 6 Science, Technology, and Cultural Heritage: An inexorable relationship 12 Climate change, sea level rise and impact on monuments in Venice 14 Air pollution and preventive conservation in some European museums 32 Low cost strategies for the environmental monitoring of Cultural Heritage: Preliminary data from the crypt of St. Francesco d’Assisi, Irsina (Basilicata, Southern Italy) 40 Monitoring moisture distribution on stone and masonry walls 48 Effects of open shelters on limestone decay: The case-study of the Bishop’s Palace archaeological site in Witney (England) 54 Air quality assessment and protection treatments impact on the collection of the Museo Naval (Madrid, Spain) 60 Establishing the relationship between underwater cultural heritage deterioration and marine environmental factors. A comparative analysis of the Bucentaure and Fougueux sites 66 Natural gamma radioactivity in granites with different weathering degrees: A case study in Braga (NW Portugal) 72 Accelerated weathering test as environmental behaviour trials on metals 78 Painting woods vulnerability to ultraviolet exposure 84 Physical characterization of super-fragile materials in underwater archaeological sites 90 Underwater Cultural Heritage risk assessment related to mean and extreme storm events: A modelling case study in the Bay of Cadiz 96 Another source of soluble salts in urban environments due to recent social behaviour pattern in historical centres 102 Historical and experimental integrated study on brick masonry identification: Comparison of two heritage buildings in the city of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) 108 Physical-chemical analysis for the research and the valorisation of the oppidum of Puente Tablas (Jaén, Spain) 116 The use of writing inks in 12th–19th century Arabic manuscripts: A study of the collection of the School of Arabic Studies, Granada (Spain) 122 Characterisation of the artist John Opie’s pigments, dated 1806 128 New nanomaterials for conservation of Cultural Heritage: Consolidants, hydrophobic and self-cleaning products 134 Nanosilica and nanolime on the conservation of mortars and concretes of our heritage 140 Effectiveness of a novel consolidant/hydrophobic nanomaterial on stones from three archaeological sites 146 New consolidant product based on nanoparticles to preserve the dolomitic stone heritage 152 Powdered Cellulose Project: Cellulosic fibres for dry cleaning and reinforcement of paper supports 158 Increasing surface roughness of coatings to promote high-hydrophobicity 164 Damage diagnosis and water repellent assessment in the Fuente Nueva of Martos (Jaén, Spain) 170 Chromatic properties study of mortars with organic binder used in the reproduction of outdoor artworks 176 Epoxy resins: From industrial material to contemporary art medium 184 Characterisation and purification of proteic binders used in easel paintings 190 Tertiary bioreceptivity of Hontoria limestone: Assessment of secondary metabolites as natural biocides 198 Microbes, science, art and conservation, who wins the game? 204 Characterization of phototrophic biofilms deteriorating Indian stone monuments, their response to heat stress and development of a non-invasive remediation strategy 218 The effect of calcium oxalates in the weathering steel surface 224 Role of microorganisms in mural paintings decay 230 Production of novel biocides for Cultural Heritage from Bacillus sp. 236 Phototrophic microorganisms in the tourist cave of Nerja 242 Analytical and microbiological characterization of 20th century photographic negatives 248 Characterization of old paper samples exhibiting foxing 256 Analysis of materials and biodeterioration study of a corn cane sculpture: Crucificado del Capítulo de Bornos (Cádiz) 264 Fluorescence in situ hybridisation for microbiological detection in mortars 270 Laser Induced Fluorescence applied to diagnosis in calcareous stones 276 Swelling clays in stone materials of the built heritage of Córdoba (Spain) 280 Observatory of Cultural Heritage Conservation Research 288 Two new species of bacteria isolated from white colonizations in Andalusian caves 294 Application of THz-TDS imaging technology to the investigation of panel paintings 302 Panel painting by Cristobal de Morales analysed by non-destructive XRF technique 308 The Mayan stucco masks from Edzná: Material characterization and analysis of the environmental influence on their deterioration 314 Detection of starch and organic dyestuffs as painting materials in a series of 18th century paintings by Zacarías González Velázquez using a HPLC-DAD-QTOF system 320 Late middle age painting canvas of the Our Lady of Rosary: A study of its materials and techniques 328 Impact assessment of different cleaning methods for tarnished silver artefacts 336 Detection of proteic binders in easel paintings using monoclonal antibodies 342 Study of the influence of black dyes in the physico-mechanical behaviour of silk fabrics. 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Influence of UV-light artificial aging 348 Estimating the firing temperature of ancient pottery by combining TL and other usual techniques 352 Archaeometric study of porcelains of the National Spanish Museum of Archaeology 358 Weathering maps assisted by Digital Image Analysis and Autocad 364 3D study of Cultural Heritage for conservation: Reliability of portable 3D laser scanner 370 The representation of Cultural Heritage: Methodologies for digital characterization 376 Building features and safeguard of church towers in Basilicata (Southern Italy) 382 Remote sensing for the study, protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage: The experience of ITACA Mission in Southern America (2007–2013) 388 Artworks in high-risk context: Integrated and low cost approach to theft and dispersion protection 410 Spatial analysis for archaeological predictive models: Preliminary results for the Roman Age in the Basilicata Region 416 The “Sassi of Matera” site: Preliminary results from the investigation on the weathering forms through on-field surveys and spatial analysis 424 Development and implementation of the MHS algorithm for the preventive conservation of heritage monuments 430 Comparative study of Roman counterfeit coins: A multi-technique approach 436 Integrating non-destructive techniques with photogrammetry 3D models for the development of Geographic Information Systems in heritage structures 442 Project 3D-ICONS: The Iberian heritage at the European Digital Library 448 The Antiqvarivm of Seville, new landmark of cultural heritage in Seville 454 Enhancement of the historical “Royal Quicksilver Way” 470 Approaches to restoration project of monuments and historical sites in Southern Italy 478 The dialogue between stone and environment: Learning from practice 484 Public vs. private rehabilitation management strategies—the Almeida Manège and the Fronteira Palace 490 The Cloister—a unique space 496 New vulnerability approach for monument diagnosis 502 Sensing technologies for monitoring and conservation of Cultural Heritage: Wireless detection of decay factors 508 The Second International Congress on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage was held in Seville, Spain, June 24-27, 2014, under the umbrella of the TechnoHeritage network. TechnoHeritage is an initiative funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity dedicated to the creation of a network which integrates CSIC and University groups, private companies and end users such as foundations, museums or institutions. The network's purpose is to foster the creation of transdisciplinary (and not only multidisciplinary) initiatives focused on the study of all assets, movable or immovable, that make up Cultural Heritage. The congress was dedicated to six topics, namely (1) Environmental assessment and monitoring (pollution, climate change, natural events, etc.) of Cultural Heritage; (2) New products and materials for conservation and maintenance of Cultural Heritage; (3) Agents and mechanisms of deterioration of Cultural Heritage (physical, chemical, biological), including deterioration of modern materials used in Contemporary Art and information storage; (4) Development of new instruments, non invasive technologies and innovative solutions for analysis, protection and conservation of Cultural Heritage; (5) Security technologies, remote sensing and G.I.S. for the protection and management of Cultural Heritage; and (6) Significance, social value and policies for the conservation of Cultural Heritage. This volume publishes a total of seventy-two contributions which reflect some of the most recent responses to the challenge of cultural assets conservation and the application of different scientific approaches to the common goal of the conservation of Cultural Heritage