The answer then is to employ more conservators....
I have no personal interest in this you understand...8-)
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:41:33 +1000
> Reply-to: Investigating the environment of marine archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Re: Wreck Amnesty Announced
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> Hi Ian,
> We don't actually receive the artefacts either, the assessment was done on
> material in private hands (mainly divers who had collected it), historical
> societies and local maritime museums that don't have conservation
> facilities. Basically the results can be summarised as 60% of material in
> private custodianship requires interventive conservation, due to previous
> lack of conservation treatment. 32% of material was assessed to be stable.
> Although what is tending to happen as the old divers drop off the perch (or
> sense it coming on) they want to donate their collections to museums
> (usually the local ones with no conservaiton facilities/ experience) or
> us!
> cheers
> Ross
>
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