The Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) will be holding a four day
workshop on the conservation of wet archaeological materials, November 2-5,
1998.  The workshop will focus on the research, analysis and treatment of
wet organic materials, iron, and iron composties and combines
presentations, hands-on experience, lab tours and demonstrations.
Instructors will be scientists and conservators from CCI and the Canadian
Parks Agency.  The workshop will be held in Ottawa in order to take
advantage of the lab facilities at CCI and Parks.
  The fee is $500.00 Cdn, and the registration deadline is October 2, 1998.
   For registration information, please contact Mary-Lou Simac, Client
Services, CCI.  e-mail: [log in to unmask]
 or you may  contact me off-line to discuss details of the technical
content.
   If you have already received notice of this on HistArch, apologies for
the additional posting.
 
Judy Logan
Senior Conservator, Archaeology
Canadian Conservation Institute
1030 Innes Rd.
Ottawa ON
K1A 0M5
tel:  613 998-3721    fax: 613 998-4721     e-mail: [log in to unmask]