Prof. Dr. David A. Scott is Professor Emeritus, Department of Art History, UCLA, Los Angeles, and Founding Director, UCLA/Getty Conservation Programme in Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials from 2003-2017. Prior to this appointment he was Head, Museum Services Laboratory at the Getty Villa from 1987-2003, and before that was a Lecturer in Conservation, Department of Conservation and Materials Science, UCL Institute of Archaeology, from 1981-1987. Professor Scott is the author of over 140 peer-reviewed papers and eight books. His latest book, Art: Authenticity, Restoration, Forgery, was published in [...]. Dr. Roland Schwab is director of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie in Mannheim, Germany and professor at the University of Tübingen. Professor Schwab obtained a degree in archaeological conservation science at the University of Applied Science in Berlin, a PhD in archaeometry from the Department of Materials Science of the University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, and proceeded to take postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) for Archaeological Sciences at the faculty of science of the University of Tübingen.

Introduces metallography for the non-metallurgist - focuses on the core principles and practices

Packed with examples from all continents, shows best practice

Provides a practical daily reference for conservation specialists and scientists

Introduction.- Principles and Practice of Metallography.- Metallurgy of pre-industrial metals and alloys.- Structures of Metals and Alloys.- Metal plating.- Authenticity Issues and Ancient Metals.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.