Ashutosh Kumar Shukla 
Spectroscopic and Microscopy Techniques for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Research (Second Edition) [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction • a short description of uniqueness of such materials and importance of scientific studies • Identify the major problems appearing on the border of the science and museology. • Searching for a contributor Nonlinear optical microscopies for Cultural Heritage studies George Filippidis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Crete, Greece Combined use of FTIR spectroscopy and Multivariate Analysis for the classification of materials of interest for Cultural Heritage Alessandra De Lorenzi, Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology Department, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy Spectroscopic Analysis of pigments and Inks in old manuscripts Prof. Vincenzo Palleschi, Head of the Applied and Laser Spectroscopy Lab.Institute of Chemistry, CNR, PISA – ITALY Analysis of Archaeological Ceramics by LIBSProf. Dr. Jorge O. Cáceres Gianni, Director of Laser Chemistry group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain Spectroscopic Characterization of coatings on pottery Mariateresa Lettieri, Institute of Archaeological Heritage – Monuments and Sites, CNRIBAM, Italy Tooth enamel dosimetry Dra. Verónica Guilarte Moreno, Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación y del Deporte de Melilla, Universidad de Granada, Spain Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy studies of Pottery artifacts and Pigments ESR Spectroscopy dating of mollusc shells, corals and other materials Monalisa Mishra, Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science NIT Rourkela, India Mapping of moisture distribution in paintings and wall paintings-NMR spectroscopy applications Noemi Proietti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy UV-Visible spectroscopy for Characterization of Paints and Pigments- Rossella Yivlialin Hyper spectral imaging in cultural heritage research Marcello Picollo, Institute of Applied Physics, CNR, Florence, Italy Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence for coin analysis Africa Pitarch Martí, Seminari d’Estudis i Recerques Prehistoriques, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain Additional topics as yet without contributors: Raman Spectroscopy applications for dental enamel studies Spectroscopic techniques for Monitoring of artistic stone

Ashutosh Kumar Shukla obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. and D. Phil. degrees from the University of Allahabad. His doctoral research work involved using electron spin resonance spectroscopy and optical absorption spectroscopy to investigate transition ion-doped single crystals. He has been a university teacher and researcher for 20 years and is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at Ewing Christian College, Allahabad, a University of Allahabad institution. He also served as an Associate Professor (Pure and Applied Physics) at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, C.G. (A Central University). He has published numerous research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has edited various books, mostly on applications of EPR spectroscopy. He has delivered several invited lectures on characterization techniques at national and international conferences and workshops. He reviews manuscripts for a number of international journals. He has received numerous scholarships and fellowships, including National Scholarship, Scholarship of Ministry of Higher Education, Government of U. P., Research Fellowship of the Council of Science & Tech., Lucknow, U.P., Research Fellowship of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi and the Indian National Science Academy-Bilateral Exchange Fellowship.