Proceedings of a symposium on materials issues in art and archaeology, held April 1988 in Reno, Nevada, USA. The 39 papers are organized as follows: structural and compositional analyses; ancient materials technology: silicates, ancient metals; processes of deterioration and conservation: glasses, natural, ancient and modern replicas, evaluation of processes in art and architecture. Papers, abstracted separately, include bibliographic references, photographs, tables, graphs. Lists 126 volumes of Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings.