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Conservation Methodologies and Practices for Built Heritage

edited by

Daniela Fico

and

Daniela Rizzo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20425

Keywords: chemical and engineering materials and technologies; environmental monitoring of monuments; virtual reality; digital heritage technologies; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Heritage)

Decay and Conservation Studies of Building Mortars and Stones

edited by

João Pedro Veiga

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19825

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Heritage)

Architectural Heritage Management in Earthquake-Prone Areas

edited by

Michele Betti

Giovanni Castellazzi

and

Francesco Clementi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8617

Keywords: heritage management; H-BIM; digital twins; computational modeling; big data; artificial intelligence / machine learning; Internet of Things; best practices

Historic Landscapes, Seascapes and Maritime Heritage

edited by

Wes Forsythe

and

Kieran Westley

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6453

The Significance of Things beyond Materiality. Archaeological Glass and Glazes as Archives of Knowledge from the Past

edited by

Sara Fiorentino

and

Tania Chinni

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6121

Keywords: material culture; archaeological glass and glazes; archaeological science; archaeometry; materials and recipes; technical knowledge and know-how; tangible and intangible heritage

Risk Analysis and Preservation Strategies of Architectural Heritage

edited by

Maria Laura Santarelli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2420

Keywords: risk analysis; conservation; remote sensing; geographic information systems (GIS); building information modeling (BIM); architectural heritage; restoration solution

Origins of the Biological–Cultural Heritage of the Maya Forest

edited by

Anabel Ford

and

Sherman W. Horn III

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 334

Keywords: tropical mesoamerica; Maya Lowlands; settlement pattern; agriculture; sustainability; lidar

Preservation of Cultural Heritage: The Nexus of Diagnosis-Prevention-Sustainability

edited by

Antonia Moropoulou

Elisabetta Zendri

, Michael Turner and

Ekaterini Delegou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 255

Keywords: diagnostic study and decay diagnosis; preventive conservation; sustainable development; remote sensing; non-destructive testing; 3D modeling; GIS; conservation strategies; eco-friendly materials; energy-efficient materials

Recent Progress in Cultural Heritage Diagnostics

edited by

Nikolaos Laskaris

Lamprini Malletzidou

, Anastasia Rousaki and

Georgios S. Polymeris

submission deadline 24 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 394 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-invasive analytical methods; machine learning; big data analysis; Artifical Inteligence; diagnosis of cultural heritage materials; degradation; preservation state of the artifact

Lacquer in the Americas

edited by

Lucia Burgio

Dana Melchar

and Monica Katz

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22739 | Submission Open

Keywords: barniz de Pasto; barniz brilliante; mopa mopa; chia oil; calomel; mercury white; aje fat; coccus axin; chicalote; qeros

(This special issue belongs to the Section Museum and Heritage)

Non-invasive Technologies Applied in Cultural Heritage

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19060 | Submission Open

Advances in Archaeology and Anthropology of the Ancient World

edited by

Maja Krzewińska

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12760 | Submission Open

Keywords: anthropology; ancient DNA; sediment DNA; ancient pathogens; ancient proteomics; isotope analyses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Archaeological Heritage)

Cultural Heritage as a Contributor to Territorial/Urban Resilience

edited by

Stella Sofia Kyvelou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5914 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; urban and territorial resilience; urban planning; spatial planning; maritime spatial planning; climate-smart territorial/maritime planning

Insights into Modern Textile Production: Natural Colourants, Historical Textiles, Analytical Characterization and Technological Source Research

edited by Paula Nabais and Rita Salvado

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2522 | Submission Open

Keywords: textiles; manufactures; natural colorants; analytical characterization; written sources

AI and the Future of Cultural Heritage

edited by

Paolo Rosati

, Marco Raoul Marini and Augusto Palombini

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1209 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cultural heritage; ethics; environmental sustainability; human-centered approaches

Conservation of Vernacular Heritage: Materials, Techniques and Project Management

edited by

Fernando Vegas López-Manzanares

Camilla Mileto

and Sergio Manzano-Fernández

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 770 | Submission Open

Keywords: vernacular heritage; traditional techniques and materials; heritage education; traditional crafts; vernacular architecture

Smart Heritage: The Role of Heritage in the Cities of the Future

edited by Efstratios Stylianidis and

Stella Sylaiou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open

Keywords: metaverse; artificial intelligence; Internet of Things (IoT); extended reality (XR); tools and platforms for smart heritage; sustainable development and smart heritage; smart cities’ tourism and digital heritage; smart heritage and digital data reuse; smart cities; digital heritage; and ethics

Advancements in the Conservation and Restoration of Ancient Manuscripts

edited by Catarina Miguel and

Ana Catarina Pinheiro

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: parchment; pigments; dyes; degradations; conservation approaches; material characterisation; imaging analysis

Deterioration and Conservation of Ancient Writing Supports

edited by

Cristina Cicero

Monia Vadrucci

and

Silvia Bottura Scardina

submission deadline 20 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: ancient writing supports; deterioration processes; preservation and restoration practices; papyri; ancient paper; parchment

Landscapes as Cultural Heritage: Contemporary Perspectives

edited by

Nicolas Marine

Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz

Rodrigo De La O Cabrera

and

David Escudero

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15136 | Submission Open

Heritage under Threat. Endangered Monuments and Heritage Sites

edited by

JoAnn Cassar

and

John J. Hughes

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9582 | Submission Open

Keywords: built heritage; archaeological sites and landscapes; threats and risk; forces of nature; climate and pollution; anthropological effects; war and terrorism; tangible affecting the intangible; adaptation and mitigation

Acoustical Heritage: Characteristics and Preservation

edited by

Antonella Bevilacqua

and Angela Bellia

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: ancient theatres; acoustics; intangible sounds; virtual heritage; sonic heritage; aural heritage; aural architecture; soundscape; sonic experience

Metals in Heritage Science—2nd Edition

edited by

Chiara Soffritti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 312 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal alloys; microstructures; heat treatment; corrosion phenomena; portable/laboratory instrumentation; spectroscopic analyses; isotope-based studies; restoration solutions; case studies

Advancement of Remote Sensing and GIS in Risk Protection for Cultural Heritage

edited by

Francesca Matrone

Elisabetta Colucci

and

Susana Del Pozo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration; AI techniques (machine and deep learning); climate change trend identification; monitoring of cultural heritage sites; change detection; open datasets

Molecular Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology

edited by

Stamatis C. Boyatzis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; vibrational spectroscopy; UV-visible absorption; molecular fluorescence; mass spectrometry; nuclear magnetic resonance

Sustainable Conservation of Architectural Heritage—Advancements in Natural Stone Characterization and Preservation Methods, Materials and Management

edited by

Vera de Almeida Ribeiro Pires

, Amélia Dionísio and

Joaquim Simão

submission deadline 30 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: architectural heritage preservation; conservation methodologies; emerging materials; natural stone materials; characterization methodologies; sustainability in preservation; digital technologies; heritage interpretation; sustainable development

Building Information Modelling (BIM), Digital Twins and 3D Web Exploration for the Management, Enjoyment and Conservation of Cultural Heritage

edited by

Marcello La Guardia

Mila Koeva

and

Mauro Lo Brutto

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15913 | Submission Open

Latest Trends and Challenges in the Study of Pigments and Dyes and Their Degradation in Cultural Heritage Objects

edited by

Georgios P. Mastrotheodoros

, Anastasia Rousaki and Eleni Kouloumpi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10528 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; pigments; dyes; degradation; conservation; analytical techniques

Heritage Tourism and Sustainable City Dynamics

edited by

Fátima Matos Silva

and Isabel Vaz de Freitas

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9288 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage tourism; cultural tourism; heritage safeguard; city tourism dynamics

Challenges to Heritage Conservation under Climate Change

edited by

Alessandra Bonazza

Lola Kotova

and

Alessandro Sardella

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8167 | Submission Open

Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings

edited by

Maria Beatrice Andreucci

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7208 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Heritage)

Virtual Anthropology. Digital Approaches for Paleoanthropology and Paleopathology

edited by Rosalie David and Jenefer Metcalfe

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1020 | Submission Open

Keywords: palaeoanthropology; palaeopathology; ancient diseases; virtual anthropology; radiological/CT imaging; photogrammetry; 3D scanning; virtual reality; morphometrical analysis; digital facial reconstruction

Computational Methodologies Supporting the Preservation, Access and Re-use of Sound and Musical Cultural Heritage

edited by Niccolò Pretto and

Sergio Canazza

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: sound documents preservation; artificial intelligence; intangible cultural heritage; music and speech collections; human– computer interaction; sound and music computing; internet of musical things; music information retrieval

Archaeology and Environmental Anthropology

edited by

Evangelos Tsakalos

and Yannis Bassiakos

submission deadline 31 Oct 2024 | Viewed by 316 | Submission Open

Keywords: geoarchaeology; palaeoenvironment; geochronology; archaeometric techniques; landscape archaeology; human– cave dynamics; past climatic changes– implications for ancient societies; human– environment interactions

Conservation and Restoration of Metal Artifacts

edited by

Vasilike Argyropoulos

Maria Giannoulaki

and

Elodie Guilminot

submission deadline 15 Nov 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6835 | Submission Open

Keywords: metal artifacts; green materials and technologies; noninvasive portable analytical techniques; museum environment; in situ conservation; material characterization

3D Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage and 3D Assets Utilisation

edited by

George Alexis Ioannakis

and

Anestis Koutsoudis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11922 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D reconstruction; 3D modelling; reality-based modelling; multimodal data collection; data fusion; content analysis; segmentation; shape matching; VR/AR; restoration; storytelling; machine learning; artificial intelligence; human-computer interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Architectural Heritage)

Sustainable and Comprehensive Energy Renovation of Heritage Buildings

edited by

Jørgen Rose

and

Kirsten Engelund Thomsen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4699 | Submission Open

Keywords: historic buildings; sustainable building renovation; life-cycle analysis; life-cycle costing; balancing energy efficiency and renewables; sustainable policies and tools; energy requirements; indoor climate

Multisensory Museums: Richer Experiences, Inclusivity and Accessibility to Cultural Heritage

edited by

Eva Pietroni

and Anna Maria Marras

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4405 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage; museums; multisensory experience; mixed reality; hybrid reality; accessibility; learning process; cultural transmission; storytelling; interaction

Futurescape of Heritage Preservation: Integrating AI, Digital Twins, and Multi-scale Technologies for Cultural Sustainability

edited by

George Pavlidis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: preventive preservation; cultural heritage digital twins; artificial intelligence in heritage conservation; multi-scale digitization; multi-modal data integration; non-destructive measurement techniques; sensor technologies for heritage sites; AI-driven decision support systems; climate change mitigation for cultural heritage; remote heritage asset management

Progress in Heritage Education: Evolving Techniques and Methods

edited by

Olaia Fontal-Merillas

, Alex Ibañez-Etxeberria and Pablo De Castro Martín

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 450 | Submission Open

Keywords: heritage education; higher education; heritage sustainability; heritage communities; quantitative methodologies

Analytical Chemistry for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

edited by

Enrico Greco

and Davide Tanasi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: analytical chemistry techniques; archaeological material analysis; cultural heritage conservation; non-destructive testing methods; artifact provenance and authenticity; chemical characterization of archaeological objects; imaging and spectroscopy in archaeology; mass spectrometry in archaeology; degradation processes in cultural artifacts; interdisciplinary approaches

It's All a Matter of Time: Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Artworks through Dating, Authentication, Material Characterization, Monitoring and Restoration

edited by

Letizia Bonizzoni

Valeria Comite

Anna Galli

and

Rosina Celeste Ponterio

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: dating; authentication; conservation; degradation; archaeometry; material characterization

Pigment Identification of Cultural Heritage Materials—2nd Edition

edited by

Manuela Vagnini

Chiara Anselmi

and

Francesca Volpi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: ancient pigments; synthetic pigments and dyes; degradation process; non invasive techniques; portable spectroscopies; XRF; reﬂectance FTIR; Raman spectroscopies; SEM-EDX; UV-VIS-NIR reﬂectance and emission spectroscopies; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging techniques

New Progress of Inorganic Materials in Heritage Science

edited by

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5295 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Materials and Heritage)

The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Heritage Studies—Threats and Opportunities

edited by

Dirk Spennemann

and Peter J. Cobb

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3649 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; cultural heritage; neural networks

Challenges and Advancements in the Cleaning, Conservation and Restoration of Archaeological Small Finds

edited by

Tilde De Caro

and

Roberta G. Toro

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2561 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural Heritage preservation; cleaning; consolidation; protection; advanced materials; small finds conservation

Unveiling the Past: Multidisciplinary Investigations in Archaeology

edited by

Carla Bottari

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2510 | Submission Open

Keywords: archaeoseismology; geophysics applied to archaeology; geoarchaeology; historical earthquake damage; site effects; seismic vulnerability; earthquake resilience; cultural heritage conservation

Towards Intelligent Digital Heritage: From Latest Digital Survey Techniques to Advanced 3D Data Analytics and Use

edited by

Francesco Fassi

, Stefano Campana and