The ablation laser as a cleaning tool in Archaeological Heritage

Abstract

Archaeological Cultural Heritage is a legacy of our past. It is worth to be beholded and enjoyed for all of us and also be studied by the historians. After a buried object is discovered in the archaeological site it goes through the restoration and conservation intervention to clean and protect it to suffer not future degradations. These interventions are now including the use of laser instruments. This article explains the degradation and cleaning of different Cultural Heritage materials and also schemes the principles of lasers cleaning.