Science for Cultural HeritageWHAT IS DENDROCHRONOLOGY or Tree-Ring Dating?Dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, is the method that dates wooden objects by counting the tree rings present in those wooden objects.
Cultural SitesWHAT IS CULTURAL HERITAGE, and How Can Science Protect It?Cultural heritage is a collection of sites, objects and traditions that bring together the history, art and values of different cultures.
Science for Cultural HeritageART FORGERIES: How to Identify Fake Paintings Using ScienceScientific methods can be used to identify fake paintings. Combining different scientific methods increases the chance to spot a fake.
Science for Cultural HeritagePAINTING LAYERS: How Scientific Analysis Reveals the Painting Structure and CompositionPaintings have multiple layers in their composition and different scientific methods can reveal details about the painting structure.
Science for Cultural HeritageRADIOCARBON DATING and Its Use in Dating Cultural Heritage ObjectsRadiocarbon dating is a radiometric dating method that uses the radioactive isotope carbon-14 to date objects as old as 50,000 years old.
Science for Cultural HeritageMOBILE NMR and The Use of NMR Relaxation and Portable NMR in Cultural HeritageMobile NMR combines permanent magnets with surface radio-frequency coils to record nuclear magnetic resonance experiments non-invasively.