Conservation. Methodological proposal for a practical case in the Portico Oriental of the Plaza de Armas in Mad?nat al-Zahr? (Córdoba)

Abstract

The General Research Project (PGI), “Plaza de Armas de Mad?nat al-Zahr? (PArm)”, in the central public sector, begins excavation campaigns in 2017. In the third excavation campaign (2019) a series of iron fragments and wood remains appear — the vast majority charred —, that could belong to a doorjamb.
After emergency interventions at the site and its subsequent transfer to the Museum, a first assessment of the state of conservation of the extracted fragments is carried out; on the basis of which a proposal for the necessary scientific-technical studies is formulated and the methodology to be followed in the different phases of work is established.
The characteristics of the object of intervention make the formation of a multidisciplinary team and the collaboration between restorer and archaeologist especially important. In the fall of 2019 these works will begin.