O METODA DE PRELEVARE SI RESTAURARE A PIESELOR ARHEOLOGICE DIN FIER
A SAMPLING AND RESTORATION METHOD OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PIECES MADE FROM IRON

Summary/Abstract: One of the problems that the archaeologist or restorer might encounter within the archaeological site is the sampling of iron pieces. Due to the physical-chemical properties and the soil’s action, objects made from iron may be found in an advanced degradation state which imposes supplementary measures of sampling, transport and restoration. Inside the laboratory of the National Museum of Union we utilised with great success a sampling method which imposes the consolidation of the piece on the site with Japanese paper foil applied with carboxymethyl cellulose. After sampling made together with an earthen pedestal, the piece is reversed, and the earth removed. There follows the consolidation of the lower part with specific materials after which the casing is removed from the exterior surface. The last phase consists of processing, consolidation and conservation of this surface also. Iron pieces discovered in a precarious conservation state could have been sampled, restored and preserved by this method.

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