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Archaeological Materials

Books and products we recommend:

Excavation and Care of Archaeological Materials Workshop

Links to related information on other sites:

A Late Bronze Age Sickle from Shinewater Park: The Treatment of a Waterlogged Composite
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue4/brysb.html

Care and conservation of archaeological materials
http://www.conservationregister.com/archaeological.asp?id=4

Conservation of archaeological artifacts from below water, by Paul Storch Tech Talk/January 1997/Vol. XXV, No. 1 - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.mnhs.org/about/publications/ techtalk/TechTalkJanuary1997.pdf

Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
http://www.object-id.com/heritage/core.html

Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
http://www.object-id.com/heritage/intro4.html

Documenting the Cultural Heritage: the standards - ID Checklist
http://www.object-id.com/heritage/check.html

International Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
http://www.natmus.min.dk/cidoc/archsite/ coredata/arch1.htm

A European Core Data Standard for Archaeological Sites and Monuments
http://www.willpowerinfo.myby.co.uk/cidoc/arch0.htm

Preserving Ancient Statues From Jordan
http://www.asia.si.edu/jordan/html/jordan.htm

Dating of Artifacts
http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/dating.html

First Aid for Wet-Site Objects (Conserve-O-Gram 6/1) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/06-01.pdf

Desalinization: Passive Alkaline Soak (Conserve-O-Gram 6/2) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/06-02.pdf

Testing for Chlorides with Silver Nitrate (Conserve-O-Gram 6/3) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/06-03.pdf

Making Percent Solutions of Chemicals (Conserve-O-Gram 6/4) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/06-04.pdf

(Conserve-O-Gram 6/5) - (An Adobe PDF file)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/ conserveogram/06-05.pdf

THE IDENTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF A UNIQUE CACHE OF ORGANIC ARTEFACTS FROM MENORCA'S BRONZE AGE
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue1/wellman.html

PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES FOR THE CONSERVATION AND PRESENTATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue3/aslan.html

TESTING CORROSION INHIBITORS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue3/falter.html

A LATE BRONZE AGE SICKLE FROM SHINEWATER PARK: THE TREATMENT OF A WATERLOGGED COMPOSITE
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/jcms/ issue4/brysb.html


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