Final Report (Updated)
- Description:
- Final Report (Updated)
- Physical Description:
- 169 pages
- Author:
- Stewart, John and Kariya, Hiroko
- Date Created:
- Jul 1, 2004
- Collection:
- Luxor Temple Block Fragments
- Location:
- Luxor, Egypt
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom
- Fieldwork activities:
- site management, conservation (process), condition survey, database design, site management, conservation (process), condition survey, database design, site management, conservation (process), condition survey, and database design
- Genre:
- maps, condition surveys, and official reports
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- The conservation efforts of this project were conducted and overseen by conservators John Stewart and Hiroko Kariya. Dr. Peter Dorman and Dr. W. Raymond Johnson of the Epigraphic Survey provided invaluable management and planning. Dr. Taha Abdallah of the Engineering Center for Archaeology and Environment at Cairo University conducted scientific analysis of stone samples. Photography was conducted by Kariya, Johnson, Yarko Kobylecky, Sue Lezon, and David Ray. This undertaking could not have succeeded without the support of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
- Funding Agency:
- The Luxor Temple Block Fragments project was made possible with the funding provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-0089-00 (formerly 263-000-G-00-3089-00) and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Project (EAP) of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
- Note Contents:
- Preface Summary ; 1. Project ; 1.1 Acknowledgments ; 2. Introduction ; 2.1 Project objectives ; 2.2 Conservation principles ; 2.3 Description of the collection ; 2.3.1 Introduction ; 2.3.2 Sandstone ; 2.3.3 Conservation history ; 3. Deterioration Phenomena ; 3.1 Granular disintegration/fracturing related to stone structure ; 3.2 Granular disintegration unrelated to stone structure ; 3.3 Fissures/fractures ; 3.4 Decay related to conditions of storage ; 3.5 Surficial phenomena ; 3.6 Deterioration summary ; 4. Condition Survey ; 4.1 Recording methodology ; 4.2 Statistical analysis of fragment condition ; 5. Analysis ; 5.1 Parameters ; 5.2 Analytical methods ; 5 .2.1 Determination of stone ; 5.2.2 Identification of the processes of stone deterioration ; 5.2.3 Identification of the efficacy of stone treatment ; 5.2.4 Salt analysis during the course of treatments ; 5.2.5 Characterization of pigments ; 6. Design of Functional Requirements of the Site ; 6.1. General principles ; 6.2 Conservation studio ; 7. Conservation Treatment ; 7.1 Description ; 7.1.1 Objectives ; 7.1.2 Selection of consolidant ; 7.1.3 Selection of fragments ; 7.1.4 Treatment facilities ; 7.1.5 Consolidant application methods ; 7.1.6 Curing environment ; 7 .1. 7 Other treatment facilities and curing arrangement ; 7.2 Surface treatment (finishes) ; 7.2.1 Paint consolidation ; 7.2.2 Cleaning trials ; 7.3 Structural treatment ; 7.4 Soluble salts ; 7.4.1 Identification of salts ; 7.4.2 Methods of desalination ; 7.4.3 Desalination trials ; 7.5 Recording of treatments ; 8. Results ; 8.1 Structural consolidation ; 8.1.1 Wacker OH ; 8.1.2 Other Consolidants ; 8.2 Consolidant application methods ; 8.3 Treatment facilities and curing environment ; 8.4 Surficial treatment ; 8.5 Structural treatment ; 8.6 Soluble salts ; 8.6.1 Desalination of untreated stone ; 8.6.2 Desalination of consolidated stone ; 9. Preventive Conservation ; 9.1 Storage ; 9.1.1 Storage design ; 9.1.2 Shelter (roofed mastaba) ; 9.2 Site management ; 9.2.1 Maintenance ; 9.2.2 Signs and interpretation ; 9.3 Environmental monitoring ; 9.4 Fragment transportation ; 9.4.1 Transportation device ; 9.4.2 Temporary consolidant ; 10. Data Management ; 10.1 Condition survey of fragments ; 10.2 Computer database ; 10.2.1 Treatment data ; 11. Expansion of the Collection ; 11.1 Expansion of the block yard ; 12. Future Perspectives ; 12.1 Reinstatement ; 12.1.1 Reinstatement of fragments on a Temple wall ; 12.1. 2 Display mastabas ; 12.1.3 Reinstatement materials and method ; 12.2 New collection and expanded block yard ; 12.3 Permanent shelter (rain protection) and desalination ; 12.4 Fragment stability ; 12.5 Site conservation supporting activities