Solutions for Stabilizing and Caring for Organic Archaeological Collections

Author(s): Glenna Nielsen-Grimm

Year: 2018

Summary

Care of archaeological materials should begin in the field. Care and stabilizing of objects, if started in the field, will greatly increase the objects research and exhibit potential when it finally finds a home in a museum. How do you identify problems and then what do you do? Proper care and stabilization of objects can and should be a priority for all object users—excavators, lab analysts, museum staff, and researchers. In this paper, object care, conservation environments and stabilizing techniques will be discussed for organic archaeological objects.

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Solutions for Stabilizing and Caring for Organic Archaeological Collections. Glenna Nielsen-Grimm. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 443921)

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Keywords

General
Conservation and Curation • Museums, Collections, and Repatriation

Geographic Keywords
North America

Spatial Coverage

min long: -168.574; min lat: 7.014 ; max long: -54.844; max lat: 74.683 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 18826