Attendees at a symposium on the examination and care of ancient objects find that the materials can be as complex as the modern techniques used to examine them.
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*Materials Aspects of Art Characterization, Conservation and Restoration European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 10–13 June 2003.
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Erhardt, D. Not-so-new technology. Nature Mater 2, 509–510 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat951
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