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Re: Curation of historic artifacts
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William Moss <[log in to unmask]>
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HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 16:18:55 -0500
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Try contacting Barbara Winter at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC),
who did a very interesting PhD. on the subject of conservation: [log in to unmask]
 
At 10:50 1998.01.19 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Fellow Archaeologists:
>   We are currently trying to draft guidelines for curation of historic
>artifacts and are interested in how other institutions handle similar
>problems.  Is 100% curation necessary?  For example, what percentage
>of corroded and unidentifiable nails are retained ?  What material
>classes, such as coal, can be counted, weighed, and then discarded in
>the field?  Is there an industry standard for these matters?
>  I am most interested in hearing your curation tales.  Thanks for your
>help.
>Regards,
>Debbie Rotman
>Ball State University
>
>
 
William Moss
Archeologue principal
Design et patrimoine
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Quebec (Quebec)
Canada G1R 1V6
Tel. : 418-691-6869
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