Conservation Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University - An Overview

Summary

The Conservation Research Laboratory (CRL) was founded in1978 as part of the Nautical Archaeology Program (NAP) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) to treat the material from the archaeological sites excavated by TAMU and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. Now CRL is one of six laboratories that comprise the Center of Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC) and CRL’s scope has considerably increased with an active contract conservation program treating archaeological material from both shipwreck and terrestrial sites across the United States and foreign countries. CRL remains an integral part of the NAP graduate program where conservation classes are taught and students get hands-on practical experience.  An overview of CRL’s facilities and major conservation projects such as Port Royal, La Belle, USS Westfield, Mardi Gras, Monterrey and currently CSS Georgia and the World Trade Towers shipwreck is presented followed by seven papers on specific aspects of different projects. 

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Current Projects at the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M Univerisity   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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PaperId(s): 622