This bulletin is the fourth of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. It offers a new forum, which shows a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimpse of current work of curators, conservators and scientists, conducted on a range of artefacts and materials across the collections at the British Museum
Volume 4 is expected to include the following papers:
The image revealed: study and conservation of a mid- nineteenth century Ethiopian church painting
Coatings and contents: investigations of residues on four fragmentary sixth century BC vessels from Naukratis (Egypt)
A gold chariot and horses from the Oxus treasure
The 'Treu Head': a case study in Roman sculptural polychromy
Change and stasis: The technology of Dark Age metalwork from the Carpathian Basin
A new perspective on the construction methods of an Opus Vermiculatum panel
Assessing the effects of alkaline desalination treatments for archaeological iron using scanning electron microscopy
Colour holography of the oldest known work of art from Wales
New light on old swords from Iran