Studies in Art and Archaeological Conservation : Dr. B.B. Lal Commemoration Volume

Contents: 1. Conservation of Palm Leaf Manuscripts/P. Perumal. 2. Strategies for the restoration of heritage building with innovative active compatible materials/K.K. Asthana and Rajni Lakhani. 3. Mural paintings and their transfer to new support/A.K. Bahadur. 4. Lal and the conservation of the Delhi Iron Pillar/R. Balasubramanium. 5. Frescoes of Rajasthan and their authenticity/Hot Chand and Shashi Prabha Smami. 6. Conservation of art objects: a critical discussion on methods, materials, techniques and aesthetic aspects/C.P. Uniyal. 7. Technical study of N.B.P.W.: a need for further research/A.S. Bisht. 8. Thoughts on restoration of traditional documentary heritage/C.L. Prajapati. 9. Rock and cave paintings of the ancients past in India and their care/V. Jeyaraj. 10. Characterization of ancient Mortar-Taj Mahal a case study/M. Aslam. 11. Conservation of stone objects, with special reference to lime stone objects/Rakesh Kumar Sharma. 12. Some aspects of techniques and conservation of pottery artifacts/G.B. Gupta, S.P. Singh and Sulekha Banerjee. 13. A practical note on the preservation of paper, palm leaf, birch bark, vellum and parchment manuscripts/C.B. Gupta and S.P. Singh. 14. Biodeterioration of manuscripts and their control/Abduraheem K. 15. Some scientific aspects about use of coral as decorative art/S.P.Singh and Anup Srivastava. 16. Technology of blue tiles in the Islamic architecture with reference to Delhi monuments/S.P. Singh, R. Veera Raghavan and Mimalini Mittal. 17. Investigative techniques for the damage assessment of the monuments/V.R. Singh, Monika Chaudhary and I.K. Bhatnagar. 18. The genesis and evolution of the concept of archaeological conservation and innovation/N.L. Batra. 19. Conservation of cultural property in India: a cumulated index-volume 1, 1966-XXXI, 1998/R.S. Singh and Vajendra Joshi.