A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist
Title | A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Sease |
Publisher | Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1994-12-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1938770684 |
Conservation treatments and techniques for the archaeologist in the field, emphasizing how to conserve an excavated object before it is taken to a trained conservator offsite. Safety procedures and conservation supplies and materials are recommended. Techniques for lifting, cleaning, consolidating, marking, and storing are discussed, along with methods for treating specific artifact materials (e.g., amber, wood). Appendixes cover impressions and chemical preparations.
Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist
Title | Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Sease |
Publisher | Cotsen Institute of Archaeology |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 1992-05-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780685593066 |
The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation
Title | The Archaeologist's Manual for Conservation PDF eBook |
Author | Bradley A. Rodgers |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 221 |
Release | 2007-05-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 030648613X |
This is a Foreword by an archaeologist, not a conservator, but as Brad Rodgers says, “Conservation has been steadily pulled from archaeology by the forces of specialization”(p. 3),andhewantstoremedythatsituationthroughthismanual. He seesthisworkasa“calltoactionforthenon-professionalconservator,”permitting “curators, conservators, and archaeologists to identify artifacts that need prof- sional attention and, allow these professionals to stabilize most artifacts in their own laboratories with minimal intervention, using simple non-toxic procedures” (p. 5). It is the mission of Brad’s manual to “bring conservation back into arch- ology” (p. 6). The degree of success of that goal depends on the degree to which archaeologists pay attention to, and put to use, what Brad has to say, because as he says, “The conservationist/archaeologist is responsible to make preparation for an artifact’s care even before it is excavated and after its storage into the foreseeable future”. . . a tremendous responsibility” (p. 10). The manual is a combination of highly technical as well as common sense methods of conserving wood, iron and other metals, ceramics, glass and stone, organicsandcomposits—afarbetterguidetoartifactconservationthanwasava- able to me when I ?rst faced that archaeological challenge at colonial Brunswick Town, North Carolina in 1958—a challenge still being faced by archaeologists today. The stage of conservation in 1958 is in dramatic contrast to the procedures Brad describes in this manual—conservation has indeed made great progress. For instance,acommonprocedurethenwastoheattheartifactsredhotinafurnace—a method that made me cringe.
A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist
Title | A Conservation Manual for the Field Archaeologist PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Sease |
Publisher | |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Antiquities |
ISBN |
A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology
Title | A Complete Manual of Field Archaeology PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Joukowsky |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
A Field Guide to Conservation Archaeology NA.
Title | A Field Guide to Conservation Archaeology NA. PDF eBook |
Author | Georgess McHargue |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Manual of Archaeological Field Methods
Title | A Manual of Archaeological Field Methods PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Fleming Heizer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 100 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | Archaeology |
ISBN |