Conservation of Earthen Architecture (1990)

Title: 6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Adobe 90 preprints: Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Publisher: The Getty Conservation Institute
Year: 1990
Pages: 162 + 100 + 150 + 80
Downloadable in four pdf files:
Section 1 (pdf, 10.4 Mb)
Section 2 (pdf, 6.7 Mb)
Section 3 (pdf, 9.4 Mb)
Section 4 (pdf, 4 Mb)

Table of Contents (short version):

Section 1
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
History and Traditions

Section 2
Conservation and Restoration
Site Preservation

Section 3
Consolidation Studies
Seismic Mitigation
Current Field Research

Section 4
Problems of Moisture
Clay Chemistry and Microstructure
Future Directions
Index