Conservation of Leather, Wood and Plant Fiber Works Found in Cheharabad Zanjan Mine

Afzalipour, Narguess; Amin-Shirazi Nezhad, Shahrazad

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Afzalipour N, Amin-Shirazi Nezhad S. Conservation of Leather, Wood and Plant Fiber Works Found in Cheharabad Zanjan Mine. KCR 2020; 3 (3) :77-90
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Conservation of Leather, Wood and Plant Fiber Works Found in Cheharabad Zanjan Mine

Narguess Afzalipour ^*

, Shahrazad Amin-Shirazi Nezhad

M.A Restoration Expert, RCCCR, Tehran, Iran.

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Cheharabad Zanjan mine is one of the few ancient salt mines in the world and the only identified salt mine in Iran that has evidence of salt extraction in a long period of time from about 500 BC to the modern era. According to the field research conducted so far in the explored area of the mountain of this mine, the mining activities related to the Achaemenid, Sassanid, Middle and Late Islamic periods have been proven. What has been done in this project is the result of a year of group effort by experts during the solar years of 1398 and 1399 in order to protect, maintain and restore a valuable collection, uncovered from Cheharabad mine in Zanjan. Leather bag, fur-leather gloves, skins, and leather shoes are among the prominent objects of this collection. Following the decisions made by the managers of the exploration in this historical mine, some of the uncovered objects were selected for preparation and presentation in a joint exhibition between the National Museum of Iran and the Bochum Mining Museum with the title "Death in the Salt Mine, an Archaeological Narrative from the Land of Pars". became in order to present various works in this exhibition, it was necessary to study and protect them with the aim of checking the conditions of the works, necessary protective measures and carrying out preparatory operations for the safe display of the works in the exhibition. 33 leather objects, 23 wooden objects, 7 plant fibers (rope) and 4 animal remains were studied and preserved. The work process includes examination and documentation, chemical tests, examination of surfaces with a digital microscope, biological tests, cleaning, softening, finding parts, cconsolidation and fixing, Retouching, strengthening, removing the label and renumbering and packaging. It has been fixed. Considering the nature of the selected collection, the purpose of working on them has been to identify and discover the final state and introduce them as museum objects rather than the works that previously only had study value by recognizing their use as unique museum objects. protected and displayed. The small number of organic works among the findings of archaeological excavations in Iran increases the importance of the correct and principled preservation of these unique objects.

Keywords: Conservation and Restoration, Leather, Wood and Plant Fiber Works, Documentary, Salt Men, Cheharabad Zanjan Mine.

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Type of Study: Research, Original, Regular | Subject: Application of modern sciences, technologies, equipment, materials and methods
Received: 2025/02/15 | Accepted: 2020/12/20 | Published: 2020/12/20

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