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Conservation Science of Cultural Heritage Lab
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A conservation science lab that prevents the deterioration of archaeological sites and cultural properties so they can be passed on to the future.
AboutAbout the lab
Protecting cultural heritage through science.
This lab studies how to preserve the diverse materials that make up cultural properties, such as stone, soil, metal, and wood, over the long term.
Its listed research keywords are in situ preservation of archaeological sites, salt weathering, wet-dry cycle weathering, environmental control, decorated tumuli, cliff-carved Buddhas (magaibutsu), ground-based archaeological features, and heat and moisture transfer.
The lab is a collaborative chair with the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and research is conducted at that institute.
The lab accepts students at the graduate level. It welcomes not only those who have studied cultural heritage but also those with a natural science background.
Key terms
- Salt weathering
- A phenomenon in which salts in water that has soaked into stone or soil crystallize as it dries, and the force of that crystallization gradually breaks down the stone and other materials
- Magaibutsu (cliff-carved Buddha)
- A Buddhist statue carved directly into a natural rock cliff
- Decorated tumulus
- A burial mound whose stone chamber walls or stone coffins are painted or carved with pictures and patterns
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how to achieve long-term preservation of the diverse materials that make up cultural properties, such as stone, soil, metal, and wood. It aims not only to keep cultural properties away from the causes of deterioration, but also to clarify their value and to secure their preservation by making them accessible to the public and communicating them to society.
Understanding Deterioration and Developing Conservation Techniques
The lab's research rests on three pillars: basic research that elucidates the mechanisms by which materials deteriorate, development of conservation treatment techniques that slow deterioration, and development of environmental adjustment methods that prevent deterioration from progressing.
From Archaeological Sites and Conservation Treatment Settings
The lab always keeps in view the archaeological sites where conservation surveys are carried out and the settings where excavated artifacts undergo conservation treatment, and it sets research themes based on real problems. Basic research is also tied to awareness of issues in the field, with the aim of producing practical results that can be applied back to those settings.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorSoichiro Wakiya
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