Reconstruction of Historical Ceramic Objects with Numerous Missing Parts

The ceramic objects are one of the most important evidence of the Neolithic era. Due to the physical and mechanical damages, they need proper conservative strategies. The reconstruction of historical ceramic objects with a large number of missing parts has been a challenge for conservators. The importance of this matter is owing to the historical, technological, and aesthetic values of objects. So, their conservation and reconstruction must be in line with the conservation protocols to conserve their integrity. In this paper, we describe reconstructing process of a historical ceramic object belonging to the Neolithic period recovered from Silve Tepe in Piranshahr City in the northwest of Iran. In this process, we are trying a new method for casting on a sample with numerous missing parts. After preliminary studies of the sample, the reconstruction of it is described.