ForewordDavid SaundersSailing through history: conserving and researching a rare Tahitian canoe sailTara Hiquily, Jenny Newell, Monique Pullan, Nicole Rode and Arianna BernucciLimoges painted enamels: evidence for specialist copper-smithing workshopsSusan La Niece, Stefan Rohrs, Dora Thornton and Antony SimpsonEgyptian stelae from MaltaJeremy Young, Marcel Maree, Caroline Cartwright and Andrew MiddletonAnalysis of a gold mancus of Coenwulf of Mercia and other comparable coinsGareth Williams and Michael CowellEarly porcelain in seventeenth-century England: non-destructive examination of two jars from Burghley HouseMichela Spataro, Nigel Meeks, Mavis Bimson, Aileen Dawson and Janet AmbersThe manufacture of a small crystal skull purported to be from ancient MexicoMargaret Sax and Nigel MeeksAssyrian colours: pigments on a neo-Assyrian relief of a parade horseGiovanni Verri, Paul Collins, Janet Ambers, Tracey Sweek and St John SimpsonA Great Lakes pouch: black-dyed skin with porcupine quillworkPippa Cruickshank, Vincent Daniels and Jonathan KingBronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt: a study of the metals and corrosionQuanyu Wang, He Huang and Fleur ShearmanAn unfinished Achaemenid sculpture from PersepolisTracey Sweek and St John SimpsonScientific investigation of pottery grinding bowls from the Archaic and Classical Eastern MediterraneanMichela Spataro and Alexandra VillingEstablishing best practice in asbestos removal: the management of unique Medieval floor tile assemblagesMaureen Mellor and Denise LingThe Middle Bronze Age furniture from Tomb P19 at Jericho: wood identification and conservation challengesCaroline Cartwright, Clare Ward, Jonathan Tubb and Helene Delaunay.