What you could also try is the material dentists use for making casts -
it's basically a paste, and available from dentist suppliers. Here's a
reference for the relevant paper:
Banks, William E., and Marvin Kay. 2003 High Resolution Casts for
Lithic Use-wear Analysis. Lithic Technology 28:27-34.
All the best,
Dominik
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From: Beatrice Hopkinson <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Fri, Jan 15, 2010 9:09 pm
Subject: Re: Latex casting
I have been looking for a forensic method of taking a cast of
fingerprints
left in the bottom of prehistoric pots used for making salt. Do I
gather
there is a
latex method that can be poured, and which after setting, can be lifted
out of a pot? It sounds like a process I could manage at home?
However, the question is where can one obtain the appropriate latex.
Can
you help?
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>There is a good discussion of modern methods in this paper:
>
>Magid, A. A., and K. Krzywinski. 1995. The method of making positive
casts
>of plant impressions in pottery: a field and laboratory manual. Acta
>Palaeobotanica 35:121-132.
>
>Happy new Year!
>
>Mark
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>Dear colleagues,
>First of all - a happy, fruitful, and healthy 2010!
>Can anyone direct me to an up to date procedure of latex casts?
>With many thanks,
>Udi
>
>
Beatrice Hopkinson,
Hon. Secretary Los Angeles Branch, Oxford University Society
Board Member, Archaeological Institute of America
President, Droitwich Brine Springs and Archaeological Trust
Affilliate, Cotsen institute of Archaeology, UCLA
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