Hello all,
 
Last summer, the MTU field school excavated at a mid-nineteenth century
copper mine site in Michigan's Upper Penninsula.  Leather fragments
(including boot uppers or leggings) and textile fragments were recovered
from trash and drainage deposits. The soil was moist and contained copper
residues.  This probably aided organic preservation.  I am looking for
publications (monographs, journals, etc.), conservators, or internet
resources (if any) that address leather and textile conservation.
Thanks in advance.
 
Kevin O'Dell
MS Program, Industrial Archaeology
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, Michigan 49931
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"Motivated primarily by their own inner vision, a desire for riches, and an
unbounded faith in the abundance of nature, they were willing to simply go
out in the field, dig into the earth, and find out what was there"
                                        David Kruase
                        __The Making of a Mining District__
 
 
 
 
 
Richard A. Fields
Graduate Student of Industrial Archaeology
Michigan Tech. Univ.
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