Conservation of ethnographic artefacts: Selective laser ablation of deposits from doum palm fibers

Faculty	Archaeology	Year:	2017
Type of Publication:	ZU Hosted	Pages:	143-152
Authors:	Ahmed Mohamed Bedeir Staff Zu Site Abstract In Staff Site
Journal:	Journal of Cultural Heritage Journal of Cultural Heritage	Volume:	Volume 27

Keywords :	Conservation , ethnographic artefacts: Selective laser ablation
Abstract:	This work approaches the challenging cleaning problem of fragile ancient ethnographic artefact crafted using lignocellulosic fibers, which undergo different and concomitant degrading reactions (oxidation, hydrolysis, depolymerization) over