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ESRF-CNRS Joint Workshop
9-11 February, 2005

Venue: CNRS Grenoble Auditorium

Programme

Wednesday, 9 February 2005
14:00 Registration
14:30 Welcome by
Sine Larsen
, Director of Research, ESRF and
Michel Anne, Director of Research, CNRS, Grenoble

 

15:00 1st Introductory talk:
Hot Topics and Current Needs in Archaeology – or Why Isn’t Everyone Using SR?
Alan M. Pollard
Oxford, UK
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 2nd Introductory talk:
Non-destructive SR techniques: Current and future applications
Koen Janssens
Antwerp, Belgium
17:30 Bus departure to ESRF and ARC NUCLEART
19:30 Wine and cheese at the ESRF mezzanine
21:00 Bus departure from the ESRF to Grenoble downtown
Thursday, 10 February 2005
Session 1
Metals
Chair: Salvatore Siano (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy)
09:00 Crystallographic texture analysis: A non-invasive metallographic technique in archaeometry Gilberto Artioli
Milano, Italy
09:30 Synchrotron x-ray diffraction and imaging of ancient Chinese bronzes: some questions waiting to be answered

David C. Dunand
Evanston, Illinois, USA

09:50 Investigation on corrosion of iron archaeological artefacts using microfocused synchrotron X ray absorption spectroscopy Solenn Reguer
Saclay, France
10:30 Coffee break and Poster session
Session 2
Ceramics, glazes and clays
Chair: Maria Ondina Figueiredo (Caparica, Portugal)
11:15 Lustre decoration of ceramics: Mechanisms of luster development Trinitat Pradell
Barcelona, Spain
11:45 Silver and copper in Renaissance lustre pottery: Nanoparticles, ions, and local environment Brunetto Brunetti
Perugia, Italy
12:15 Speciation of network modifiers (Na, K and Ca) and transition metals (Mn, Fe and Cu) in stained-glass windows of Tours and Strasbourg cathedrals (France) François Farges
Marne-la-Vallée, France
12:35 X-ray absorption spectroscopy and archaeological materials Andy D. Smith
Daresbury, UK
13:00 Lunch at the CNRS restaurant
Session 3
Paintings, pigments and minerals
Chair: Michel Menu (Paris, France)
14:30

Arie Wallert
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

15:00 The investigation of oxidation and migration processes of inorganic compounds in ink corroded manuscripts Birgit Kanngiesser
Berlin, Germany
15:20 New minerals discovered in Palaeolithic black pigments by Transmission Electron Microscopy and micro-X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Structure

Emilie Chalmin
Marne-la-Vallée, France

16:00 Coffee break and Poster session
Session 4
Soft condensed matter (biology and molecular archaeology)
Chair: Jacques Duchêne (Grenoble, France)
16:45 Sulfur spectroscopy and shipwrecks Magnus Sandström
Stockholm, Sweden
17:15 Mummified tissues and ancient cosmetic recipes analysed by infrared and X-ray micro-spectroscopies Marine Cotte
Grenoble, France
17:45 Synchrotron radiation analysis of parchment degradation

Craig J. Kennedy
Cardiff, UK

18:05 X-ray microdiffraction and microfluorescence using synchrotron radiation as a new tool for investigating single archaeological textile fibres

Martin Müller
Kiel, Germany

18:30 Bus departure to the Musée Dauphinois
19:00 Visit of the Exhibition "Gens de l'alpe"
20:00 Workshop Buffet at the Musée Dauphinois
22:30 Bus departure to Grenoble downtown and ESRF Guesthouse
Friday, 11 February 2005
Session 5
Emerging SR techniques and their potential applications for cultural heritage
Chair: José Baruchel (Grenoble, France)

09:00

Joris Dik
Delft, The Netherlands
09:30 Paul Tafforeau
Grenoble, France
10:00 Micro scanning X-ray diffraction study of Roman Terra Sigillata ceramics

Philippe Goudeau
Poitiers, France

10:35 Coffee break and Poster session

Session 6a
Combined strategies and complementary techniques
Chair: Michel Anne (Grenoble, France)

11:15 Applications of TOF neutron diffraction in archaeometry Winfried Kockelmann
Didcot, UK
11:45 Corrosion study of archaeological copper artefacts right after excavation and during their storage and stabilization processes Annemie Adriaens
Ghent, Belgium
12:15 Analysis of paint layers by light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and synchrotron induced X-Ray micro-diffraction

Manfred Schreiner
Vienna, Austria

12:35 A secret of Mayan alchemy: how to turn a colorant into a pigment

Manuel Sanchez del Rio
Grenoble, France

13:00 Lunch at the CNRS restaurant

Session 6b
Non-destructive analysis and testing of museum objects
Chair: Helena Wouters (Brussels, Belgium)

14:30 A multidisciplinary handshake between the humanities & sciences vis-à-vis Qumran and Dead Sea scrolls

Jan Gunneweg
Jerusalem, Israel

15:00 Synchrotron radiation on the traces of famous painters: XRF analyses of silverpoint drawings by Dürer, Holbein, Van Eyck and Rembrandt Ina Reiche
Paris, France
15:20 Improved noninvasive microstructural analysis of fossil tissues by means of SR-microtomography

Arnaud Mazurier
Poitiers, France

16:00 Coffee break and Poster session
Session 7
Round table and Closing remarks
Moderators: Emmanuel Pantos (Warrington, UK) 
- Annemie Adriaens (Ghent, Belgium)
16:45 Analytical techniques applied to the study of cultural heritage: limitations and challenges
17:30 Bus departure from the CNRS to the Museum of Grenoble
18:00-19:00 Visit of the Museum of Grenoble
19:00-20:30 Farewell Cocktail in the Museum Restaurant 'Le 5'