Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean

Conservation of metal artifacts from the Polish Mission excavation at Saruq Al-Hadid (UAE)

2018, 27, No. 1

Łukasz Zieliński

0000-0002-6933-1786

University of Warsaw, Institute of Archaeology, Faculty of History, PhD candidate

Władysław Weker

State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.2014

Publication date

21.12.2018

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Humanities

Discipline

archeology

Language of publication

English

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Abstract

The article documents and discusses field conservation methods and procedures applied to metal artifacts, both copper and iron, discovered by the Polish team working at the Saruq al-Hadid archaeological site in the UAE (Emirate of Dubai) in 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. An overview is given of the conservation challenges that the state of preservation of the metal finds presented and the methods and procedures that were applied on the site, including brief case studies of the most important finds and treatments.

Keywords:

Saruq al-Hadid,weaponry,copper,iron,conservation

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