Archaeology Underwater: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice

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162 ARCHAEOLOGICALCONSERVATION ANDFIRST-AID FORFINDS



  • ordinary brown packing papers, paper labels,
    newspaper, cardboard and cardboard boxes, which


are all likely to fail if damp and may be subject to
insect attack;


  • rubber bands and general household sticking tapes.


Further Information


Dorrell, P., 1994, Photography in Archaeology and Conservation.
Cambridge.
English Heritage, 1996, Waterlogged Wood: Guidelines on the
Recording, Sampling, Conservation and Curation of Waterlogged
Wood. London.
English Heritage, 2006a, Guidelines on the X-radiography of
Archaeological Metalwork.Swindon.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE), 2002, The Control of
Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (Statutory
Instrument 2002 No. 689). London.
Institute of Field Archaeologists, 2001b, Standards and Guidance
for the Collection, Documentation, Conservation and Research
of Archaeological Materials.Reading.
Neal, V. and Watkinson, D., 1998 (3rd edn), First Aid for Finds.
London.
Robinson, W. S., 1998 (3rd edn), First Aid for Underwater
Finds. London and Portsmouth.
Sutherland, A., 2002, Perceptions of marine artefact conserva-
tion and their relationship to destruction and theft, in N. Brodie


and K. Walker Tubb (eds), Illicit Antiquities: The Theft of
Culture and Extinction of Archaeology. London.

WEBSITES AND ORGANIZATIONS
The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (AIC) (http://aic.stanford.edu).
Canadian Conservation Institute (www.cci-icc.gc.ca).
The Conservation Register (www.conservationregister.com).
Getty Conservation Institute (www.getty.edu/conservation).
The Institute of Conservation (ICON) (www.icon.org.uk).
International Centre for the Study and Restoration of Cultural
Property (ICCROM) (www.iccrom.org).
International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
(www.international.icomos.org).
International Council of Museums (ICOM) (http://icom.
museum/).
The International Institute for Conservation of Historic
and Artistic Works (ICC) (www.buildingconservation.
com).
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