Paula Artal-Isbrand and Philip Klausmeyer|cWinifred MurrayM.R. Notis and M. Hoban and D-N. WangLesley Frame and Donna Bright DeSorda and Yuan-Chi Chiang and Pamela VandiverMaryFran HeinschPamela Vandiver and Amy Vandiver GruhlJ. Roqué-Rosell and L. Torchy and C. Roucau and V. Lea and Ph. Colomban and M. Regert and D. Binder and J. Pelegrin and Ph. SciauChristina L. ColeLan Zhao and Jianmin Miao and Bairui Yang and He LiCatherine Dejoie and Pauline Martinetto and Eric Dooryhée and Ross Brown and Sylvie Blanc and Patrice Bordat and Pierre Strobel and Philippe Odier and Florence Porcher and Manuel Sanchez del Rio and Elsa Van Eslande and Philippe Walter and Michel AnneMichaelle L. BiddleChandra L. ReedyPh. Sciau and Y. LeonJim RoamesNathaniel L. Erb-SatulloF.G. FranceEnrico Sassoni and Sonia Naidu and George W. SchererXiaomei Zhang and Sixun Yuan and Yongqi Wu and Baofa Guo and Jing HanMohsen Mohammadi Achachluei and Gholamreza VatankhahJohn Twilley and Kathleen M. GarlandJ.L. Ruvalcaba Sil and M. Grediaga and C. Gonzalez Tirado and E. Hernandez Vazquez and V. Aguilar Melo and D. Ramirez Miranda and M. Espinosa PesqueiraHanna Szczepanowska and Thomas G. MathiaChristopher A. Maines and Dawn Rogala and Susan Lake and Marion MecklenburgLynnette D. Madsen and Zeev Rosenzweig and Kelsey D. Cook and Michael J. Scott and Amy M. JacobsonMichael J. Abere and Ryan D. Murphy and Bianca Jackson and Gerard Mourou and Michel Menu and John Mansfield and Steven M. YalisoveHai-Yen Nguyen and Steven Keating and George Bevan and Alexander Gabov and Mark Daymond and Burkhard Schillinger and Alison MurrayRui M.S. Martins and Felix Beckmann and Rui Castanhinha and Octávio Mateus and Philipp Klaus PranzasShipeng Tian and Shaojun Liu and Feng Gao and Min Fan and Jianguang RenMark D. GottsegenH.J. HopkinsWeidong Li and Hongjie Luo and Xinmin Sun and Lanhua Liu and Xiaoke Lu and Zhiwen Zhao and Musen Guo

Preface	p. xi
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings	p. xv
Ancient and Traditional Technologies: Analysis and Reconstruction
*An Evaluation of Decorative Techniques on a Red-figure Attic Vase from the Worcester Art Museum Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) and Confocal Microscopy with a Special Focus on the "Relief Line"	p. 3
Metallography, Microanalysis & Corrosion of the Athlit Ram	p. 35
Methods of Faience Manufacture in Antiquity: Investigation of Colorants and Technological Processes	p. 43
Divergent Pottery Firing Practices at the Advent of the Early Bronze Age: The Social Integration of Crafts and Craftspeople at Kura-Araxes Sites in the Northeastern Caucasus	p. 55
The Earliest Bead Manufacture in the Americas at the Paleo-Indian Jones-Miller Site, Wray, Colorado	p. 67
Influence of Heat Treatment on the Physical Transformations of Flint Used by Neolithic Societies in the Western Mediterranean	p. 81
*Invited Paper
*The History and Scientific Analysis of Pre-1856 Eastern Woodlands Quillwork Dyes	p. 89
*Non-destructive Raman Study on the Provenance and Firing Temperature of Guan Wares in the Song Dynasty	p. 95
*Diffusion of Indigo Molecules Inside the Palygorskite Clay Channels	p. 103
Beyond the Word: Ink in the Islamic Manuscripts of Northern Nigeria	p. 117
Technological Tradition and Change in Tibetan Silversmithing Techniques in Songpan, Sichuan Province, China	p. 127
Archaeological Science
*Thin Coatings of Ceramics: Some New Developments in France and in Europe	p. 137
†The Early Iron Age Metal Workshop at Tell Tayinat, Turkey	p. 149
Alloys from Anau: The Manipulation of Metallic Properties in 3 rd Millennium B.C. Southern Central Asia	p. 157
*Invited Paper
†Beta-Analytic Inc. Outstanding Student Contributions in Conservation and Archeological Sciences
Conser Va Tion Science
*Non-invasive Characterization for Long-term Preservation of Cultural Heritage	p. 167
*Preliminary Results of the Use of Hydroxyapatite as a Consolidant for Carbonate Stones	p. 189
*Research on the Corrosion of Bronze Weapons from the Pits of the Terracotta Warriors	p. 197
Structural Degradation of Third Millennium B.C.E. Archaeological Wood from Shahr-i Sukhta, Iran	p. 215
Technical Art History
*The Redecoration History of a Chinese Polychromed Guanyin Attributed to the ll th -12 th Century C.E. as Deduced from Stratigraphic Microanalysis	p. 231
Non-destructive Study of the Independence Act of the Mexican Empire of 1821	p. 249
*Space Heritage: The Apollo Heat Shield; Atmospheric Reentry Imprint on Materials' Surface	p. 265
*Deterioration in Abstract Expressionist Paintings: Analysis of Zinc Oxide Paint Layers in Works from the Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution	p. 275
*Invited Paper
Funding, Methodology and Instrumentation
*Science at the Interface with Art	p. 287
*†Ultrafast Laser Cleaning of Daguerreotypes	p. 299
*Seeing Through Corrosion: Using Micro-focus X-ray Computed Tomography and Neutron Computed Tomography to Digitally "Clean" Ancient Bronze Coins	p. 305
Dinosaur and Crocodile Fossils from the Mesozoic of Portugal: Neutron Tomography and Synchrotron-radiation Based Micro-computed Tomography	p. 319
Preparation and Assessment of Superhydrophobic Organic-inorganic Hybrid Coatings for Conservation of Yungang Grottoes	p. 333
*Interim Report on the Lightfastness Correlation Project	p. 339
*Invited Paper
†Beta-Analytic Inc. Outstanding Student Contributions in Conservation and Archeological Sciences
Interdisciplinary or Cross-Disciplinary Contributions
Reconstructing the Past to Prevent Future Loss: The Dyeing Industry of Pompeii	p. 351
Microstructure and its Physicochemical Basis for the White Porcelain from Gongyi Kiln of Henan Province in China	p. 361
Author Index	p. 383
Subject Index	p. 385