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The scientific analysis of cultural heritage materials poses specific and often difficult analytical challenges. This book attempts to rationalize the links between the most commonly asked questions in archaeology, art history, and conservation with the potential answers resulting from the vast array of scientific techniques presently available.
A very interesting way of presenting the matter: it is precise and rigorous from the scientific point of view, while it is accessible also to people who do not have a scientific basis but are interested in these applications.
The author has clear ideas about how to do research in this field, ... easy to read and gives useful information to non-specialised people.
The scientific level the subjects are presented is high enough to be useful for the majority of students and graduates interested in acquiring a better general view of methods applicable to different materials and objectives, furnishing the theoretical principles the methods are based on and the application fields.