By Agnese Benzonelli, Associate Editor of Archaeometallurgy
The ‘Round Table on XRF: The Future of Collaborative Research on Copper Alloys’ held at the Getty Museum in February gathered 18 international experts in the field of portable x-ray fluorescence from various major universities (University of Buffalo, University College London, University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University of Turin) and institutions, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, MET, MoMA, National Gallery of Art, Opificio delle Pietre Dure and the Rijksmuseum. The meeting discussed three main topics: the evolution of the technique in the last decade, the identification of specific research topics that need to be explored further and the development of shared databases and how to manage them.
Read more: Workshop Review: XRF Roundtable at the J. Paul Getty Museum
Charles Kolb, our Associate Editor of Archaeological Ceramics, has handpicked and reviewed some books to help you navigate through the quarantine and self-isolation season.
Read more: The Lockdown Book Club: Book Reviews by Charles Kolb