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The Restoration of the Largest Archaelogical Discovery—a Chemical Problem: Conservation of the Polychromy of the Chinese Terracotta Army in Lintong
Author(s) -
Langhals Heinz,
Bathelt Daniela
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200301633
Subject(s) - terracotta , emperor , conservation , consolidation (business) , land reclamation , art , archaeology , geography , ancient history , history , environmental planning , business , accounting
The conservation of the polychromy of the terracotta army of the first Chinese emperor Qin Shihuangdi represents a special problem because of the deterioration of the ground layer consisting of organic material. This was triggered due to it having spent more than 2200 years in water‐saturated soil. The consolidation of the polychromy was achieved through polymerisation of a specially adapted combination of monomers.