Correspondence Regarding Condition Assessment of Artifacts from Andrews Air Force Base

Author(s): Caitlin Shaffer

Year: 2010

Summary

In early 2008, twenty-eight archaeological iron and copper alloy artifacts belonging to the Andrews Air Force Base collections curated at the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory (MAC Lab) were identified as requiring conservation treatment by MAC Lab Federal Collections Curator, Sara Rivers Cofield. The conservation treatment was carried out by Cultural Preservation and Restoration, Inc. (CPR) between November 2008 and February 2009 under U.S. Air Force contract FA4416-08-P-0096. Upon return to the MAC Lab in November 2010, it was determined that a number of the treated artifacts showed signs of active corrosion. This condition report documents the active corrosion found on twenty-one of the twenty-eight artifacts.

Cite this Record

Correspondence Regarding Condition Assessment of Artifacts from Andrews Air Force Base. Caitlin Shaffer. 2010 ( tDAR id: 470157) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8470157

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Keywords

Material
Copper • Iron • Metal

Investigation Types
Heritage Management

General
Andrews Air Force Base • Collection Condition Survey • Conservation and Curation • CORROSION • Joint Base Andrews • MAC Lab

Spatial Coverage

min long: -76.908; min lat: 38.788 ; max long: -76.836; max lat: 38.839 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Joint Base Andrews CRM Manager

Record Identifiers

Contract No.(s): FA4416-08-P-0096

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