[NHCOLL-L:3977] Care of Archaeological Artifacts online course in October
Helen Alten
helen at collectioncare.org
Sun Sep 21 20:05:25 EDT 2008
Northern States Conservation Center announces one of its newest online classes:
<http://museumclasses.org/training/../training/trol_classes_ms215.html>MS215:
Care of Archaeological Artifacts from the Field to the Lab
Dates: October 6 through 31, 2008
Price: $425
Instructor:
<http://museumclasses.org/training/../training/trolinstructors.html#dk>Diana
Komejan
Location: www.museumclasses.org
Description:
Archaeological finds come out of the ground fragile and they often
stay that way. Yet archaeologists and museum professionals have few
clear guidelines for handling, moving, storing and displaying such
materials. Participants in Care of Archaeological Artifacts From the
Field to the Lab learn techniques for safely lifting and packing
artifacts, safe transportation and temporary and permanent storage.
The course also covers a broad range of excavation environments,
including the Arctic, wet sites, tropical and temperate. Though Care
of Archaeological Artifacts is not intended to train archaeological
conservators, it is designed to help participants understand what can
and can't be done to save the artifacts they unearth.
Course Outline:
1. The Excavation lifting, storing and packing
2. The Field Lab basic cleaning and care, the role of the site conservator
3. Transportation containers, packaging, transport mechanics
4. Storage temporary to long term
Logistics:
Participants in Care of Archaeological Artifacts work through
sections on their own. Instructor Diana Komejan is available for
scheduled email support. Materials and resources include online
literature, slide lectures and dialog between students and online
chats led by the instructor. The course is limited to 20 participants.
Care of Archaeological Artifacts runs four weeks. Please sign pay at
<http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html>http://www.collectioncare.org/tas/tas.html
to reserve a space in the course. If you have trouble, please contact
Helen Alten at helen at collectioncare.org
Required Text:
First Aid For Finds: Practical Guide for Archaeologists (Paperback or
hardback) by David Leaigh (Author), David Watkinson (Editor),
Virginia Neal (Editor), London: RESCUE/UKIC Archaeology Section, 3rd
edition (1998) or 2001 reprint. Available from David Brown Book Co
(http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/4962//Location/DBBC) and
Amazon.co.uk
(http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Aid-Finds-Practical-Archaeologists/dp/1871656281)
and Archetype Books, Cotsen Institue of Archaeology at UCLA, A210
Fowler Building, Box 951510, Los Angeles, CA 90095.
The Instructor:
Diana Komejan graduated from Sir Sandford Fleming College in 1980
with a diploma in Art Conservation Techniques. She has worked as a
conservator with Parks Canada at the Fortress of Louisbourg National
Historic Site in Nova Scotia and the Halifax conservation lab, where
she worked on archaeological and historic artifacts from across east
coast Canada. Diana also interned at the Kelsey Museum of Ancient and
Medieval History in Ann Arbor, Mich. and spent 12 years as
conservator with the Yukon Government in Whitehorse. In addition to
lab treatments, Diana has broad archaeological experience, including
the excavation of mammoths and dinosaur tracks. Diana now operates a
private conservation business.
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