The cranbrook conundrum: Using the latest technology to save the Mary Rose‘s cannonballs

• Localización: Current archaeology, ISSN 0011-3212, Nº. 337, 2018
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Over 1,200 iron cannonballs were excavated from the wreck of the Mary Rose, but many are slowly crumbling away with corrosion. Unless a successful conservation technique is discovered, these important artefacts could be lost forever. Can cutting-edge techniques offer a solution – and can destructive testing be justified in the pursuit of this aim?