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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2015.31.1.08

Study on the Conservation of Scale Armor Using Duplication Technique - Focused on the Case of the Conservation Treatment of the Excavated Artifact from Jinyoung 2-Area, Gimhae -

Kim, Dong Min (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Park, Jung Hyeok (Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation)
Cho, Hyun Kyung (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science, Kongju National University)
Cho, Nam Chul (Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation Science, Kongju National University)

Publication Information

Journal of Conservation Science / v.31, no.1, 2015 , pp. 75-86 More about this Journal

Abstract

A scale Armor is usually excavated in a scattered form weakened by corrosion after its burial. Therefore, they should be brought into the indoor in a safe environment for the on-site conservation treatment as it was excavated. They should be placed on a stable support with a reinforced base in the indoor treatment. In this process, the bottom surface which can not be observed after the conservation treatment is placed for a record by actual survey and photography. But this method had a limit on figuring out the whole aspects of the artifact. For compensating the defect, duplication of the artifact was considered as an alternative method for the previous two methods in the case of conservation of the scale Armor from Jinyoung 2-Area, Gimhae. Neck guard was excavated in a distorted form by the earth pressure, and was hard to recognize the original shape. However, whole real material of its original form was secured through the combination of each duplicated lamellae. Throughout the application of the duplication technique in the process of conservation of scale Armor and neck guard, it could secure the real material of the bottom surface and elevate the understanding of the artifact. Moreover, a constitution of the armor could be identified more effectively.

Keywords

Duplication of artifact; Scale armor; Artifact collecting; Conservation;

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