In this paper, we present a critical review on the applications of the Laser-Induced
Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) technique in cultural heritage and archaeology. The …

This review offers an update on arsenic-bearing minerals and pigments with the aim of
serving as a guide for the study of Cultural Heritage materials in which these materials can …

Minerals, as raw structural materials or pigments, play a fundamental role in archaeometry,
for the understanding of nature, structure and status of an artefact or object of interest for …

This review covers past and present developments of analytical chemistry in the field of
Cultural Heritage (CH), from the methods of characterization of materials to the procedures …

Fresco wall paintings are one of the oldest artforms in our cultural heritage, dating back to
the second millennium BC. In this work, we carry out a thorough review on the evolution of …

In this paper a combined analytical methodology was employed aiming to explore the
potential of the non-invasive Fiber Optics Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) …

Mobile instrumentation is of growing importance to archaeometry research. Equipment is
utilized in the field or at museums, thus avoiding transportation or risk of damage to valuable …

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) in the last decades has become a promising
analytical technique for a broad variety of archeological objects with great results obtained …

A recently developed variant of spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) for the non‐
invasive analysis of thin painted layers, micro‐SORS, has been applied, for the first time, to …

This review discusses the importance of hyphenating different laser-based techniques such
as Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Raman spectroscopy and Laser …