British museum technical research bulletin, volume 3

Sailing through history: conserving and researching a rare Tahitian canoe sail Tara Hiquily, Jenny Newell, Monique Pullan, Nicole Rode and Arianna Bernucci Limoges painted enamels: evidence for specialist copper-smithing workshops Susan La Niece, Stefan Röhrs, Dora Thornton and Antony Simpson Egyptian stelae from Malta Jeremy Young, Marcel Marée, Caroline Cartwright and Andrew Middleton Analysis of a gold mancus of Coenwulf of Mercia and other comparable coins Gareth Williams and Michael Cowell Early porcelain in 17th-century England: non-destructive examination of two jars from Burghley House Michela Spataro, Nigel Meeks, Mavis Bimson, Aileen Dawson and Janet Ambers The manufacture of a small crystal skull purported to be from ancient Mexico Margaret Sax and Nigel Meeks Assyrian colours: pigments on a neo-Assyrian relief of a parade horse Giovanni Verri, Paul Collins, Janet Ambers, Tracey Sweek and St John Simpson A Great Lakes pouch: black-dyed skin with porcupine quillwork Pippa Cruickshank, Vincent Daniels and Jonathan King Bronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt: a study of the metals and corrosion Quanyu Wang, He Huang and Fleur Shearman An unfinished Achaemenid sculpture from Persepolis Tracey Sweek and St John Simpson Scientific investigation of pottery grinding bowls from the Archaic and Classical Eastern Mediterranean Michela Spataro and Alexandra Villing Establishing best practice in asbestos removal: the management of unique Medieval floor tile assemblages Maureen Mellor and Denise Ling The Middle Bronze Age furniture from Tomb P19 at Jericho: wood identification and conservation challenges Caroline Cartwright, Clare Ward, Jonathan Tubb and Hélène Delaunay