Professional paper
Protection Project of the Roman Sewn Boat Pula 2: From Sludge to its Former Splendour
Ida Koncani Uhač
orcid.org/0000-0002-2349-8572
; Archaeological Museum of Istria Carrarina 3, 52100 Pula
Monika Petrović
; Archaeological Museum of Istria Carrarina 3, 52100 Pula
Andrea Sardoz
; Archaeological Museum of Istria Carrarina 3, Pula
Abstract
From the discovery and investigation in 2013, up to finalization
of the conservation process in the spring of 2017, the Pula 2 boat
underwent various phases of the conservation process. Although a
lot of work and financial resources have already been invested into
the protection of the boat, among the finishing steps there is still
one, perhaps the most demanding, to be fulfilled - presentation
of the boat to the public.
The purpose of the paper is to present all the activities undertaken
so far within the ongoing project of the conservation of the Roman
sewn ships from Pula, while an upcoming presentation of the
boat for the public is under preparation.
The works carried out over the past four years included
archaeological investigation of the remains of the boat Pula 2,
the desalination process, i.e., removal of soluble salts, construction
of the appropriate transport packaging, packing and transportation
of the remains to the laboratory at ARC-Nucléart in Grenoble,
and finally the conservation process.
Keywords
Pula 2 boat structure; archaeological investigation; desalination of archaeological wood, conservation; lyophilization
Hrčak ID:
212905
URI
Publication date:
12.11.2018.
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