Thanks Ron,

I was less concerned about actual conservation, restoration, etc. 
Clearly, a lot of that work should be farmed out to the professionals 
...  I was more concerned with establishing a basic set of field 
protocols that will get the material out of the field and into the 
lab, while doing as little damage as possible.  Particularly with 
respect to historic sites  ...  Leather has always been one of the 
predictable artifact categories that requires special treatment, yet 
seems to get treated as a unique resource, each and every time it is 
encountered.
-- 


Mark C. Branstner

Illinois Transportation
Archaeological Research Program
209 Nuclear Physics Lab, MC-571
23 East Stadium Drive
Champaign, IL 61820

Phone: 217.244.0892
Fax: 217.244.7458
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