Archaeological Conservation (Other Keyword)
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This report describes methods for conserving archaeological artifacts recovered from marine environments, including required chemicals and necessary equipment. The report includes a discussion of estimating level of effort and the resources that will be necessary to accomplish each option.
Biofilms, Biocolonization, and the Conservation of Marble from Submerged Archaeological Environments (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Current Research at Texas A&M University's Conservation Research Laboratory" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Gleaming white marble is often synonymous with beauty and importance. Yet biological growth often covers marble over time, masking original coloration. These effects are magnified under water, where stone becomes home to various macro- and microscopic organisms. Typically, marble from both aqueous...
The Central Arizona Project Historic Preservation Program: Conserving the Past While Building for the Future (1986)
On July 15, 1983, the chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) ratified a programmatic memorandum of agreement among the Arizona and New Mexico State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs), the Bureau of Reclamation, and the ACHP. The subject of that agreement was the construction of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) and its impact upon historic properties. That agreement was negotiated in compliance with Section 2(b) of Executive Order 11593, "Protection and Enhancement...
Engine at Full Power: How the conservation of USS Monitor’s main engine has become an avenue for outreach. (2013)
In 1987, The Mariners’ Museum (TMM) became the official repository for all objects recovered from the wreck of the USS Monitor. Starting in the 90’s, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began recovering large portions of the ironclad, which led to the retrieval of engineer John Ericsson’s 20-ton steam engine in 2001. Over the last decade, the conservation process has enabled experts to collaborate and provide insight into where and how the engine was fabricated, how it...
Investigating Maker’s Marks Discovered on Artifacts from the Engine Room of the USS Monitor (2018)
The life of the Union Civil War ironclad USS Monitor is well known and its famous battle against the CSS Virginia well documented; but, there are still many stories to be discovered, especially those of the men who built the vessel in just over 100 days. Conservation of artifacts recovered from Monitor’s wreck site is ongoing at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. During the conservation process maker’s marks have been found on several objects from the ship’s engine room....
Louisiana's Comprehensive Archaeological Plan (1983)
As Louisiana enters this second decade of the 21st century, it approaches a number of historic milestones including the bicentennials of statehood, the War of 1812, and the Battle of New Orleans (2015) along with the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War and the tercentenaries of both Natchitoches (2014) and New Orleans (2018). With these important commemorations just on the horizon, it seems highly appropriate that the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and interested preservation...
Research and Conservation of Waterlogged Rubber Gaskets from USS Monitor (1862) (2021)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In many ways, USS Monitor, the first iron vessel built by the Union during the American Civil War and commissioned in 1862, was the first mass-produced ship; component parts were bought straight off showroom floors, or were built at various industrial facilities throughout the U.S. Northeast. This led to varied rubber gaskets being used, potentially interchangeably, in different contexts....