Sub-ns-pulsed laser cleaning of an archaeological bone from the Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain: a case study

Controlled laser irradiation parameters using recently developed sub-nanosecond pulsed laser technology with emission wavelength in the near Infrared regime (1064 nm) have been assessed on a Pleistocene bone from the archaeological site of Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain. Burst pulse mode was employed to...

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Autores: Rahman, Md. Ashiqur, Fuente Leis, Germán F. de la, Carretero Díaz, José Miguel, Maingi, Evan Maina, Alonso Abad, Mª Pilar, Alonso Alcalde, Rodrigo, Chapoulie, Rémy, Schiavon, Nick, Angurel Lámban, Luis Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/7937
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7937
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sub-ns laser
Cleaning
Archaeological bone
Cultural heritage
Sierra de Atapuerca
Tecnología
Arqueología-Burgos
Technology
Archaeology-Burgos
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Sumario:Controlled laser irradiation parameters using recently developed sub-nanosecond pulsed laser technology with emission wavelength in the near Infrared regime (1064 nm) have been assessed on a Pleistocene bone from the archaeological site of Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain. Burst pulse mode was employed to explore contaminant removal efciency, while at the same time, assessing the degree of damage produced to the underlying original substrate surface. The surface morphology and composition of the deteriorated bone have been characterized, along with the efects of laser irradiation at 1064 nm, using Optical Microscopy (OM), Scanning Electron Microscopy–with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry (SEM–EDS), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). The most efective laser cleaning parameters in burst mode have been identifed in order to optimize the emission parameters of the laser, thus localizing its interaction within the outermost layers of contaminants and degradation products, avoiding damage to the underlying original bone surface. Hence, threshold cleaning and substrate damage values have been determined for this new sub-ns laser, paving the way to safer laser cleaning procedures that may be useful for the efective conservation of bone archaeological artifacts.