The conservation of historic ships is a constant challenge, and ships like the Royal Navy’s flagship HMS Victory present a unique combination of issues that are not otherwise found in museum environments. The Deathwatch beetle (DWB) population on HMS Victory is so well-established that it is ...
In this interdisciplinary project, the successful candidates will investigate the physico-chemical mechanisms by which minerals capture and preserve aDNA. They will develop methods by which aDNA can be retrieved from such mineral assemblages, and they will use these methods to analyse aDNA from ...
The ERC Advanced Grant Biogeographic and Cultural Adaptations of Early Humans during the First Intercontinental Dispersals (BICAEHFID) Project aims to produce a global synthesis of earliest human occupation dynamics by comparing the world’s longest sequences of early archaeological sites, namely ...
Les grandes rosaces des cathédrales gothiques sont des ouvrages d’art particuliers, des véri- tables structures architectoniques à part entière particulièrement hardies par leurs dimensions et géométrie. Si elles ont su défier le temps, il est important aujourd’hui de conduire une ana- lyse ...
Since the introduction of synthetic dispersion paints in the mid-1950s, many artists have applied commercial synthetic dispersion varnishes, which were often marketed alongside paints, to ‘protect’ their works. Despite the relative photochemical stability of these coatings; many have deteriorated ...
