Wood, textile, and leather conservation techniques for the archaeologist
Grosso GH. 1975. Wood, textile, and leather conservation techniques for the archaeologist. Northwest Anthropological Research Notes. 9(1)
Perishable artifacts such as wood, textiles, and leather can be preserved in the field laboratory with a minimum of euipment. Wood, especially, needs rapid attention if successful treatment is to be accomplisihed. This can be done simply by improvising a holding bath container of inexpensive, readily available materials and filling with water. ... Based on results of 47 months of experience with items excavated from the Ozette Village site at Cape Alava on Washingotn's Pacific Coast it has been found that prehistoric wood and textiles in reasonably good condition are not so rare as similar items from the overlying historic levels; conversely, leather goods from the historic levels are moderately common whereas prehistoric leather is almost totally absent.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Grosso, Gerald
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Archeology, artifact preservation, Ozette Village Site, The Makah