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Three Early Bronze Age flint daggers from Northumberland and their typological context
The flint dagger from Highfield Hope is reassessed and discussed here together with two other daggers from Northumberland which are in Scottish museum collections. An appendix provides details of a previously unillustrated parallel from Scotland for the Highfield Hope example.Saville, Alan
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ICON Ethnography Group Workshop: Introduction to feathers (review)
Review of the ICON Ethnography Group Workshop: Introduction to feathers held at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 17 -18 October 2007.Ogilvie, Ticca M A
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Studies of hair for use in lime plaster: Implications for conservation and new work
Historic buildings constructed with lime plasters often require repairs and re-plastering of areas as part of a maintenance and conservation regime. Hair is commercially available for use in lime plaster and mortar, as it is still used today to provide additional strength and crack resistance to fresh plaster. In this...Kennedy, Craig J ; Revie, William A ; Troalen, Lore ; Wade, Matthew ; Wess, Tim J
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Exhibiting Livingstone: A life and legacy on display
The paper combines a biographical and a geographical perspective to construct an auto-critique of a commemorative exhibition as a museological event. Taking as its primary focus the bicentenary exhibition staged in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh in 2012–2013, it situates an autobiographical exploration of the process of collaboration...Worden, Sarah ; Swinney, Geoffrey N
Malawi, Scotland, curation, museology, commemoration, and visitor experience
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The new Palaeobiology Store at National Museums Scotland
Ross, Andrew
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Characterization of archaeological and in situ Scottish window glass
Scottish window glass from both archaeological sites and historic buildings was examined using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) and scanning electron microscopy – energy-dispersive X-ray micro-analysis (SEM–EDX). The elemental composition of the glass provides information regarding the materials used and, subsequently, an approximate range of dates of manufacture. pXRF is shown...Kennedy, Craig J ; Murdoch, K. R. ; Kirk, S
X-ray fluorescence, Scanning electron microscopy, Glass, and Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis
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Alteration of soda silicate glasses by organic pollutants in museums: Mechanisms and kinetics
The role of the organic pollutants formic acid, acetic acid and formaldehyde in the alteration of unstable soda silicate glasses is examined through SIMS depth profiling of replica glass aged in polluted and non-polluted atmospheres under ambient conditions. The effect of different controlled atmospheres is compared to the polluted atmosphere... -
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National treasure looks to future to preserve the past
Landmark museum building goes from strength to strength, with a £14m third phase of restoration to be opened in 2016, says Gordon RintoulRintoul, Gordon