These replicas, with accompanying contemporary music and details of the
scientific methods used to record the original object and manufacture the
replica, can travel the world. Meanwhile the original is safely displayed in a
carefully monitored, controlled environment.
The relationship between the public, the conservation scientist and the
archaeologist is symbiotic. Each group impacts on the work of the other.
Mutual respect is the catalyst that will ensure that our cultural heritage has
the future it deserves.
References and Further Reading
J.M. Cronyn, The Elements of Archaeological Conservation, Routledge,
London, 1990.
M. Rule, TheMary Rose – the Excavation and Raising of Henry VIII’s
Flagship, Conway Maritime Press Ltd, London, 1982.
M. Rule and J.A. Monaghan, Gallo-Roman Trading Vessel from Guernsey,
Guernsey Museum Monograph No.5, Guernsey, 1993, pp 6–7; pp 125–131.
J. Thomson, Manual of Curatorship. Butterworth-Heinmann, Sevenoaks,
1986.
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