Dear Mark,
Thank you very much for bringing some very important issues.
I do intend to keep some of the pieces (especially a column
from a building that we were very surprised to find still in
existence) but your point about recording the items then
culling them from the collection is well taken. I will
definitely look into this.
Best,
Rebecca
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>Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:09:27 -0500
>From: Mark Branstner <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Conserving plaster fragments
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Rebecca,
>
>I think a better question would be "Why do I want to
conserve/curate
>these items?" and then, depending on the answer, make a
decision. If
>you can draw it, photograph it, weight it, describe it,
sample it,
>etc., why would you possibly want to spend several hundred
dollars of
>curation space on it or other similar objects? To what end?
>
>These are real questions ... Not meaning to be flippant.
>
>Mark
>
>P.S. If its plaster, you just get it dry, and curation will
take care
>of itself.
>
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>
>Mark C. Branstner, RPA
>Historic Archaeologist
>
>Illinois Transportation
>Archaeological Research Program
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Rebecca S. Graff
PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
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