Primitive Environment Control for Preservation of Pit Relics in Archeology Museums of China

Immovable historical relics in some archeology museums of China suffer deterioration due to their improper preservation environment. The existing environmental control systems used in archeology museums are often designed for the amenities of visitors, and these manipulated environments are often in...

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Published in:Environmental science & technology 2013-02, Vol.47 (3), p.1504-1509
Main Authors: Gu, ZhaoLin, Luo, Xilian, Meng, Xiangzhao, Wang, Zanshe, Ma, Tao, Yu, Chuck, Rong, Bo, Li, Ku, Li, Wenwu, Tan, Ying
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Pollutants - analysis
Air Pollution - prevention & control
Archaeology
Art and archaeology
Asia
China
Conservation
Conservation. Restauration
Diffusion
Environment
Environmental aspects
Excavation and methods
Far East
Gases
Generalities
Laboratory methods
Methodology and general studies
Methods
Methods of observation
Museums
Prehistory and protohistory
Research principies
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Summary:Immovable historical relics in some archeology museums of China suffer deterioration due to their improper preservation environment. The existing environmental control systems used in archeology museums are often designed for the amenities of visitors, and these manipulated environments are often inappropriate for the conservation of abiotic relics. This paper points out that the large open space of the existing archeology museum could be a cause of deterioration of the relics from the point of view of indoor air convective flow. The paper illustrates the need to introduce a local pit environmental control, which could reintegrate a pit primitive environment for the preservation of the historical relics by using an air curtain system, orientated to isolate the unearthed relics, semiexposed in pits to the large gallery open space of the exhibition hall.
ISSN:0013-936X
1520-5851
DOI:10.1021/es303981m