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Preservation problems connected with mortuary wax-fat (adipocere) substance removing from textiles excavated in mass graves of Polish officers in Charkov = Problemy konserwatorskie związane z usuwaniem masy woskowo-tłuszczowej z tekstyliów wydobytych ze zbiorowych mogił polskich oficerów w Charkowie
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Title: Preservation problems connected with mortuary wax-fat (adipocere) substance removing from textiles excavated in mass graves of Polish officers in Charkov = Problemy konserwatorskie związane z usuwaniem masy woskowo-tłuszczowej z tekstyliów wydobytych ze zbiorowych mogił polskich oficerów w Charkowie

Creator:

Drążkowska, Anna

Date issued/created:

2010

Resource type:

Text

Subtitle:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 62 (2010)

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Description:

ill. ; 25 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to present how great problem arose for conservators of archaeological monuments while removing mortuary wax-fat substance from the textiles excavated in Charkov. The textiles excavated from mass graves bore traces of damages and dirt caused by long using and as a result of deposition in the ground on decomposing bodies. The objects were subjected to disinfection before starting cleaning treatment. Cleaning operation started with plunging textile in warm water tank with detergent dissolved. When wax-fat stratifications were immense at first the effort was made to remove them using flat broad spatula. When fibres were uncovered from under the thick wax-fat layer, 10% PEG 200 (polyethylene glycol) was added to the bath in order to protect the textile and make it more flexible. Attempts to apply ultrasounds in order to loosen and delaminate tightly integrated wax-fat mass also were made. Operations described above were more than ten times repeated

References:

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Kola A. 1998. Uwagi o identyfikacji nazwisk polskich jeńców ze Starobielska odnotowanych na przedmiotach wydobytych podczas prac archeologiczno-ekshumacyjnych w Charkowie. In M. Turczyński (ed.), Zbrodnia katyńska. Upamiętnienie ofiar i zadośćuczynienie (= Zeszyty katyńskie 9). Warszawa, 34-56
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Relation:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Volume:

62

Start page:

505

End page:

521

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:55449 ; 0081-3834

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P 244 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 245 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 243 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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Closed

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Last modified:

Feb 2, 2022

In our library since:

Jul 27, 2015

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124

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