RT Book, Section
T1 Removing insoluble salts from archaeological ceramics. Traditional methods under review.
A1 Sáenz Martínez, Águeda
A1 San Andrés Moya, Margarita
A1 Mónica Álvarez de Buergo, 
A1 Pérez Estébanez, Marta
A1 Isabel Blasco, 
A1 Rafael Fort, 
A2 Pilar Ortiz Calderón, 
A2 Francisco Pinto Puerto, 
A2 Philip Verhagen, 
A2 Andrés Prieto, 
AB Despite the fact that insoluble salts are among the most prevalent types of alteration found in archaeological ceramics, there hasn't been much of a change in the techniques used to remove them in the last four decades. Furthermore, there aren't many newly published studies on the subject. An approach for examining the suitability of several conventional procedures for the removal of these salts has been established in this paper. In laboratory conditions, ceramic mock-ups created from a commercial red clay were fired at 700ºC. Their physical characteristics and composition were examined. Calcium carbonate deposits were reproduced on their surfaces. Following that, three products and three application methods were used to conduct the chemical tests for the removal of the deposits.The properties of the mock-ups were then examined to figure out how the cleaning methods had affected them. Findings indicated variations in efficacy related to the product and application technique. Generally speaking, gel treatments were less effective with any of the three products used compared to the products applied by immersion and cellulose pulp poultice.
PB CRC Press
SN 978-04-293-4547-0
YR 2019
FD 2019-11-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132547
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/132547
LA eng
NO Sáenz-Martínez, Á.; San Andrés, M.; Álvarez de Buergo, M.; Blasco, I.; Fort, R. Removing insoluble salts from archaeological ceramics. Traditional methods under review, en Ortiz Calderón, P., Pinto Puerto, F., Verhagen, P., & Prieto, A. (Eds.). (2019). Science and Digital Technology for Cultural Heritage - Interdisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis, Vulnerability, Risk Assessment and Graphic Information Models: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (TechnoHeritage 2019) (277-282), March 26-30, 2019, Sevilla, Spain (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429345470
DS Docta Complutense
RD 26 feb 2026