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T1 Sub-ns-pulsed laser cleaning of an archaeological bone from the Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: a case study
A1 Rahman, Md. Ashiqur
A1 Fuente Leis, Germán F. de la
A1 Carretero Díaz, José Miguel
A1 Maingi, Evan Maina
A1 Alonso Abad, Mª Pilar
A1 Alonso Alcalde, Rodrigo
A1 Chapoulie, Rémy
A1 Schiavon, Nick
A1 Angurel Lámban, Luis Alberto
K1 Sub-ns laser
K1 Cleaning
K1 Archaeological bone
K1 Sierra de Atapuerca
K1 Cultural heritage
K1 Tecnología
K1 Technology
K1 Arqueología-Burgos
K1 Archaeology-Burgos
AB Controlled laser irradiation parameters using recently developed sub-nanosecond pulsed laser technology with emission wavelength in the near Infrared regime (1064 nm) have been assessed on a Pleistocene bone from the archaeological site of Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain. Burst pulse mode was employed to explore contaminant removal efciency, while at the same time, assessing the degree of damage produced to the underlying original substrate surface. The surface morphology and composition of the deteriorated bone have been characterized, along with the efects of laser irradiation at 1064 nm, using Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy–with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (SEM–EDS), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The most efective laser cleaning parameters in burst mode have been identifed in order to optimize the emission parameters of the laser, thus localizing its interaction within the outermost layers of contaminants and degradation products, avoiding damage to the underlying original bone surface. Hence, threshold cleaning and substrate damage values have been determined for this new sub-ns laser, paving the way to safer laser cleaning procedures that may be useful for the efective conservation of bone archaeological artifacts.
PB Springer Nature
SN 2523-3963
YR 2021
FD 2021-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7937
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7937
LA eng
NO Project funded by H2020-MSCA-ITN-EJD/ED-ARCHMAT action under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement, No 766311.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 09-may-2024