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Not to sound insensitive, but it seems that some of the concerns mentioned here seem minor with respect to the purpose of doing rubbings (i.e. recording the data from the stone before it becomes illegible). Given that the inscriptions are so faint as to require such methods, the microscopic damage caused by a crayon or charcoal rubbing seems irrelevant when considered against the fact that another year of wind and rain will cause the same amount of damage and bring the inscription even closer to total illegibility. Obviously one should use the least destructive method practicable. But lacking the necessary time, tools, supplies, money, etc., would it not be better to record the info as best as one can before it is lost to the elements, vandalism, etc.?
Jeff
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Jeffrey L. Holland
Senior Historian
TRC Companies, Inc.
3772 Pleasantdale Road,
Suite 200
Atlanta, Georgia 30340
770-270-1192
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