Meet the AMTeC team!
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Dana has c.40 years’ experience working with museums and heritage organisations. She is an accredited professional archaeological conservator and founding director of a Community Interest Company focusing on specialist materials, research, training and public engagement with heritage. Dana is a graduate of UCL Bartlet’s Sustainable Heritage MSc programme and is increasingly involved in cultural education, engagement and community projects. Her community project CSI: Sittingbourne received the 2012 IIC Keck award, for the best project for public engagement in conservation; this honour was co-awarded, with the Acropolis Museum in Athens. This ‘grass roots’ project is based in a town centre shopping mall and is thus accessible to ‘new audiences’ and community involvement.
Dana specialises in partnership projects, local community, business and public sector funded projects, project management, volunteer and professional training, as well as engaging new audiences with expert knowledge. She actively contributes to her professional body and heritage conferences. She is a highly skilled materials scientist/conservator who has published widely in her specialist field; specialist in community work; and designer of creative/educational workshops based around heritage material and a facilitator, evaluator and mentor for skills development; with more than 30 years’ experience in supervising students, interns and volunteers through informal placements and structured internships; specialist heritage advisor / ‘critical friend’.
EDUCATION
2019 BIIAB Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
2006-2011 (p.t.) University College London, Bartlett MSc : Built Environment: Sustainable Heritage
1988-1996 (p.t.) PhD student in Materials Science, Birkbeck College – put ‘on hold’ following birth of second child (research published 1996)
1981-1984 Institute of Archaeology, University of London BSc Hons : Archaeological Conservation & Materials Science
1977-1981 Univ. of Colorado, Boulder BFA: Studio Art / BA: Art History
Languages: Conversational Turkish, some German & Spanish
AWARDS
IIC Keck Award 2012; Millennium Grant from the Royal Society and British Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998. Project: ‘Old Objects - New Visions’, an interactive conservation exhibition using a video microscope and experimental archaeology courses for children.
AFS Cultural Exchange Student - Samsun, Turkey, 1977
PUBLICATIONS
2016 (main aouthor: Jenny Hall) www.colat.org.uk/.../faking-it-the-evidenceforcounterfeiting-coins-in-roman-london my contribution covers experimental archaeology and microscopic analysis of Roman clay coin moulds
2013 CSI: Sittingbourne: Conservation science investigations in a town center shopping mall In: Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Ed:Miguel Angel RogerioCandelera, Massimo Lazzari, Emilio Cano, CRC Press, pp. 393-396. Co-authored with Victoria Price, this paper discusses diff erent narratives off ered to the public visitors to CSI , by a conservator and a visiting artist.
2013 ACE funded research evaluation and training report for Kent, Medway, Surrey and Sussex Museums - http://csisoutheastmuseums.fi les. wordpress.com/2013/10/csi-fi nal-report-pdf.pdf 2013 Press coverage of CSI: Westminster Exhibition Jan.
2013 - http://www.kentonline. co.uk/sittingbourne/news/csi-westminster--- artefacts-tak-a56065 2012 Preservation In Situ for Tourism: An Early Christian Monastic Complex on Sir Bani Yas Island, Western Abu Dhabi, UAE. Article in Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 14(1/4):249-262 · November 2012
2012 IIC Keck Award 2012, Vienna https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_ embedded&v=RY7658GJ_W8
2012 Current Archaeology Magazine contribution https://www.archaeology.co.uk/advice/underthemicroscopearchaeological-conservation.htm
2011 http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=GyaTeoCmuLM 2010 Opening day at CSI: Sittingbourne www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Px_NHKTG38
2010 Small things in good packages: decorative surfaces in the Garstang Museum collections, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology (SACE), University of Liverpool. With Christina Brooks. Abstract of poster display, IN Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects, Technology, Deterioration and Conservation. Eds J. Dawson, C.Rozeik & M.M. Wright p.170
2004 Reburial Ahead of Development. In: Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, Colloquium on Reburial of Archaeological Sites, Santa Fe, New Mexico (March17-21, 2003)
2001 Excavated Artefacts and Conservation: UK Sites Revised UKIC Conservation Guidelines No.1
1999 Millenniuum Fellow: Old Objects - New Visions (awarded for education and partnership work with Th e Historic Dockyard, Chatham)
1998 Surface Values: Coins Under the Microscope. In: ‘Look Aft er the Pennies’ Conservation and Numismatics in the 1990s. eds. Dana GoodburnBrown and Julie Jones; London, Archetype
1998 Value for Money? Processing Coins from Archaeological Sites in London. (with V.Neal). In: above 1996 Surface Studies on Metals From waterlogged Sites. In: Metal 95. ed.Ian MacLoud et al; London, James & James
1996 A Review of Some Conservation Procedures For The Reburial of Archaeological Sites in London. In: Archaeological Conservation And Its Consequences. Ed.Roy Ashok and Perry Smith; London, IIC
1996 The Effect of Various Conservation Treatments on the Surface of Metals from Waterlogged Sites in London. In: above
1993 Evidence For Mass Production of Sheet Metal. ( G.Egan, N.Baldes, and D.G-B.) In: Proceedings from Medieval Europe 92 Conference; York
1991 The Lift ing of Roman Floor and Wall Structures. In: Retreival, ed.Robert Payton; London, Summer Schools Press
1988 Metalworking Tools and Workshop Practices: Interpretation of Worked Metal Surfaces Via Silicone Rubber Moulds. In: Scanning Electron Microscopy in Archaeology, ed. Sandra Olsen; BAR International Series 452
1987-2012 Various contributions to archaeological publications, newsletters, professional journals, blogs and press releases, eg. East London Roman Cemeteries, MoLAS / EH; Conservation News; Historical Metallurgy
Luciana Carvalho
As property & development manager at Petros I manage residential blocks and oversee the redevelopment of historical buildings. As a freelance heritage conservator, I have worked in international archaeological and heritage missions conserving objects and structures, supervising interventions, managing contracts and providing training. At Oxford I work in interdisciplinary projects where I apply multi-analytical techniques to archaeological and curatorial questions.
I use FT-IR, Raman, XRD and XPS with GC-MS, IC-MS and Proteomics to reveal any symbiosis between the different compounds in a sample and how these may relate to research questions.
I am interested in revealing the different relationships between organic and inorganic compounds that may be significant to the understanding of the past and present, and the study of microbes. I am also interested in the forces driving change in the urban landscape, the documentation of historical buildings, historical travel accounts, storytelling, handicrafts and how these can contribute to the valorization of heritage.
EDUCATION
PhD Archaeological Science – University of Oxford, UK
MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums - University College London, UK
MA Principles of Conservation - University College London, UK
MA Environment and Development – Kings College London, UK
Dip Egyptology - Birkbeck College, UK
BSc Chemistry - UNESP – Brazil
AWARDS
In May 2021 I was awarded an Antiquities Endowment Fund short-grant by the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) for “Documenting a Forgotten Heritage – the historical urban architecture of Naqada, Gift and Qus”
Among the oldest urban settlements in Egypt these cities have a range of historical privately-owned buildings blending many architectural traditions. The project will create the first photographic archive of these buildings, most of which are at risk of destruction.
In September 2021 I was awarded The Bordoli Prize at the 41st British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS) Annual Meeting, Sheffield University – Sheffield, 08-09 September for best flash oral presentation. “A symbol of immortality: finding honey in a 530-510BC residue”
RECENT PROJECTS
2019-present Padova University, Italian-Egyptian Archaeological Centre and ARCE
The Rehabilitation of the Amasili Complex: Creating an Integrated Cultural Hub in the Heart of Rosetta. (Directors: Christina Mondin, Mohamed Kenawi and Michele Asolati)
This project is undertaking the restoration of two Ottoman houses and associated granary so that it can be used as a Cultural Hub for archaeological missions working in the Nile Delta and the local community. I am the site manager responsible for subcontractors, overseeing interventions and dealing with government officials.
Link TO A VIDEO I did about the project: https://youtu.be/odTO0oj_53Y
And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/amasilihouseproject/
PUBLICATIONS
Elisabete Pires, Luciana da Costa Carvalho, Izumi Shimada and James McCullagh. Human blood and bird egg proteins identified in red paint covering a 1,000-year-old gold mask from Peru. Journal of Proteome Analysis. 2021-09-28. Available from: DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00472
Investigation of Silver Metal Clays using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). International Journal of Conservation Science. 2018. 9(2): 209-218 Available from http://ijcs.ro/public/IJCS-18-20_Carvalho.pdf
BOOK REVIEW- Journeys erased by time: the rediscovered footprints of travellers in Egypt and the Near East edited by N. Cooke, Oxford, Archaeopress, 2019, 350 pp., £38.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-78969-240-2. Palestine Exploration Quarterly. Available from https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2020.1804686
Archaeological Conservation at Amara West. British Museum Egypt & Sudan Newsletter 6. 2019. Available from https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/British-Museum_Egypt_Sudan_Newsletter6_2019_0.pdf
NEWS
https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/do/10.1002/was.001000365
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As property & development manager at Petros I manage residential blocks and oversee the redevelopment of historical buildings. As a freelance heritage conservator, I have worked in international archaeological and heritage missions conserving objects and structures, supervising interventions, managing contracts and providing training. At Oxford I work in interdisciplinary projects where I apply multi-analytical techniques to archaeological and curatorial questions.
I use FT-IR, Raman, XRD and XPS with GC-MS, IC-MS and Proteomics to reveal any symbiosis between the different compounds in a sample and how these may relate to research questions.
I am interested in revealing the different relationships between organic and inorganic compounds that may be significant to the understanding of the past and present, and the study of microbes. I am also interested in the forces driving change in the urban landscape, the documentation of historical buildings, historical travel accounts, storytelling, handicrafts and how these can contribute to the valorization of heritage.
EDUCATION
PhD Archaeological Science – University of Oxford, UK
MSc Conservation for Archaeology and Museums - University College London, UK
MA Principles of Conservation - University College London, UK
MA Environment and Development – Kings College London, UK
Dip Egyptology - Birkbeck College, UK
BSc Chemistry - UNESP – Brazil
AWARDS
In May 2021 I was awarded an Antiquities Endowment Fund short-grant by the American Research Centre in Egypt (ARCE) for “Documenting a Forgotten Heritage – the historical urban architecture of Naqada, Gift and Qus”
Among the oldest urban settlements in Egypt these cities have a range of historical privately-owned buildings blending many architectural traditions. The project will create the first photographic archive of these buildings, most of which are at risk of destruction.
In September 2021 I was awarded The Bordoli Prize at the 41st British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS) Annual Meeting, Sheffield University – Sheffield, 08-09 September for best flash oral presentation. “A symbol of immortality: finding honey in a 530-510BC residue”
RECENT PROJECTS
2019-present Padova University, Italian-Egyptian Archaeological Centre and ARCE
The Rehabilitation of the Amasili Complex: Creating an Integrated Cultural Hub in the Heart of Rosetta. (Directors: Christina Mondin, Mohamed Kenawi and Michele Asolati)
This project is undertaking the restoration of two Ottoman houses and associated granary so that it can be used as a Cultural Hub for archaeological missions working in the Nile Delta and the local community. I am the site manager responsible for subcontractors, overseeing interventions and dealing with government officials.
Link TO A VIDEO I did about the project: https://youtu.be/odTO0oj_53Y
And Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/amasilihouseproject/
PUBLICATIONS
Elisabete Pires, Luciana da Costa Carvalho, Izumi Shimada and James McCullagh. Human blood and bird egg proteins identified in red paint covering a 1,000-year-old gold mask from Peru. Journal of Proteome Analysis. 2021-09-28. Available from: DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00472
Investigation of Silver Metal Clays using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). International Journal of Conservation Science. 2018. 9(2): 209-218 Available from http://ijcs.ro/public/IJCS-18-20_Carvalho.pdf
BOOK REVIEW- Journeys erased by time: the rediscovered footprints of travellers in Egypt and the Near East edited by N. Cooke, Oxford, Archaeopress, 2019, 350 pp., £38.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-78969-240-2. Palestine Exploration Quarterly. Available from https://doi.org/10.1080/00310328.2020.1804686
Archaeological Conservation at Amara West. British Museum Egypt & Sudan Newsletter 6. 2019. Available from https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/2020-06/British-Museum_Egypt_Sudan_Newsletter6_2019_0.pdf
NEWS
https://analyticalscience.wiley.com/do/10.1002/was.001000365
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