Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Some Steps Done In An Indian Artifact Authentication Service

By Jennifer Cole


Authentication can be applied in many different kinds of field. For antiques, anthropology, and art, the most common problem is the verification of an artifact, if it is being produced by a particular person or by a particular place or period in the history. Authentication has three types which include acceptance of proof of an identity, comparison of attributes, and relying on the documentation and external affirmations.

So this article has been written for the purpose of presenting the overview on the scientific techniques used in the evaluation. Traditional techniques are also being applied for Indian artifact authentication service. There are many communities on the artifact collection that are making use of these common techniques which includes microscopic analysis and ultra violet inspection.

Most advanced imaging technologies, materials characterization, and scientific methods for dating have been used rarely. This is because would prefer on relying to personal experiences and using the very basic techniques for the evaluation. The collaboration of two parties, the artifact collectors and archeologists, will mature if they try on sharing their methods and their disciplines.

The first step in a process of authentication is the provenance research. In this step, there may be some difficulties but this is an essential part to establish a complete history of the objects and these objects serve as support for processes of authentication and of dating. The information of a research must contain the identities, exact dates, and the locations and the circumstances.

If ever the provenance cannot be verified reasonably, or may be it is completely absent, this may result to having serious doubts on the authenticity of an object. It also pushes the onus verification to another aspect of process, thus, not able to determine the authenticity. So it is important that some instances of objects where in these are both stylistically correct and scientifically consistent must be noted.

If the objects are being conserved already, are restored, and are considered as subjects in the previous analysis, these may probably be documented thoroughly and this documentation accompanies the objects through an ownership. There may also materials which are used for conservation or cleaning and are being interpreted falsely due to fakery or alteration.

Identifying the authoritative sources is one of the critical steps in the process and these are presented in 3 categories. First, the recognized experts. The experts on analyzing an object should be identified and be consulted. Their qualifications should be reviewed carefully and examine if whether they can withstand any reasonable scrutiny.

Second are reference materials. The materials serve as a support to process analysis and it needs identification and review. Most of the common resources are the scholarly textbooks and the scientific journals. Publications that have some illustrations about the unprovenanced objects or inappropriately studied objects are avoided. Web references not tied to authoritative sources back are avoided as well. Typically, the review about literature accompanied by references and bibliographies may help in identifying appropriate resources.

Third, the reference collections. These will provide the basis in the comparison of studies and must be identified. The objects in these collections should be authentic or inauthentic and well documented. The preliminary research step will be looking for experts on the field and will utilize mostly the full complements of the authoritative sources. This knowledge can help in defining what techniques are employed and be the basis for interpretation and evaluation of results.




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