The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage

The Conservation of Subterranean Cultural Heritage: Is it a technical problem or a political problem?; The rock-cut tomb-chapels of Hery and Djehuty on the West Bank of Luxor; chapter 3: Excavations and conservation problems in the Roman Necropolis along Via Triumphalis in the Vatican; Problems of colour preservation in the Etruscan necropolises of Tuscany (Italy): The painted tombs of Chiusi (Siena) and Sovana, Sorano (Grosseto); A study for monitoring and conservation in the Roman Catacombs of St. Callistus and Domitilla, Rome (Italy); The conservation of the Carmona Necropolis (Sevilla, Spain); Methodological approach to monitor Roman Catacombs: Experience in the Catacombs of St. Mark, Marcellian and Damasus, Rome, Italy; Identification of lime-based mural painting techniques in catacombs using well-established criteria of stratigraphic investigation; New species description, biomineralization processes and biocleaning applications of Roman catacombs-living bacteria; The mural execution technique of the “dei Fornai” cubicle revealed by laser cleaning; Indoors diversity in phototrophic biofilms at St. Paul?s Catacombs (Malta); Detection of urban subsurface pollution by rapid multiparametric surveys in the 16th century Paranhos spring water tunnel (Porto, Portugal); Is the presence of bacterial communities related to the urban contamination sources of the 16th century Paranhos spring water tunnel?; Microbe-mineral interactions at a Portuguese geo-archaeological site; “La vie en rose”: A review of the rosy discoloration of subsurface monuments; NanoGraphene Oxide: A new material for a non-invasive and non-destructive strategy to remove biofilms from rock surfaces; Round table on conservation of necropolises, catacombs and tombs; Microclimatic monitoring in Altamira Cave: Two decadesof scientific projects for its conservation; Altamira and its future; The conservation of Lascaux Cave, France; The conservation of Chauvet Cave, France. The conservation, research organization and the diffusion of knowledge of a cave inaccessible to the public; The conservation of prehistoric caves in Cantabria, Spain; The conservation of the Nerja Cave: Preserving anthropogenic impact in a tourist cave; Cueva del Tesoro, Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga: A treasure of biodiversity; Contribution of culture-independent methods to cave aerobiology: The case of Lascaux Cave; Are fungi a real threat for the conservation of Altamira Cave?; Pathogenic microorganisms related to human visits in Altamira Cave, Spain; Microscopic fungi isolated from cave air and sediments in the Nerja Cave—preliminary results; Human impact on show caves: Chewing gum stuck to the walls; Lampenflora as an accompaniment of mass cave tourism, problems and solutions for Postojnska jama, Slovenia; Microorganisms and the natural heritage of Dinaric karst—a review; Needle-fiber calcite in Kapova Cave (the Southern Urals, Russia): Influence on Upper Paleolithic wall paintings and genesis problems; Raman Microscopy and IR Imaging of the Palaeolithic Paintings from Kapova Cave, Southern Ural, Russia; Applications of Raman and Infrared spectroscopies to the research and conservation of subterranean cultural heritage; Round table on conservation of caves

Biography

C. Saiz-Jimenez