Heritage Science

Heritage Science is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research covering:Understanding of the manufacturing processes, provenances, and environmental contexts of material types, objects, and buildings, of cultural significance including their historical significance.Understanding and prediction of physico-chemical and biological degradation processes of cultural artefacts, including climate change, and predictive heritage studies.Development and application of analytical and imaging methods or equipments for non-invasive, non-destructive or portable analysis of artwork and objects of cultural significance to identify component materials, degradation products and deterioration markers.Development and application of invasive and destructive methods for understanding the provenance of objects of cultural significance.Development and critical assessment of treatment materials and methods for artwork and objects of cultural significance.Development and application of statistical methods and algorithms for data analysis to further understanding of culturally significant objects.Publication of reference and corpus datasets as supplementary information to the statistical and analytical studies above.Description of novel technologies that can assist in the understanding of cultural heritage.

《传统科学》是一本开放获取期刊，出版了原始同行评审研究，涵盖：了解材料类型、物体和建筑的制造工艺、产地和环境背景，具有文化意义，包括其历史意义。了解和预测文物的物理化学和生物降解过程，包括气候变化和预测遗产研究。分析和成像方法或设备的开发和应用，用于对具有文化意义的艺术品和物品进行非侵入性、非破坏性或便携式分析，以识别成分材料、降解产物和劣化标志物。开发和应用侵入性和破坏性方法来了解具有文化意义的物体的起源。对艺术品和具有文化意义的物品的处理材料和方法进行开发和关键评估。发展和应用统计方法和算法进行数据分析，以进一步了解具有文化意义的对象。出版参考资料和语料库数据集，作为上述统计和分析研究的补充信息。描述有助于理解文化遗产的新技术。