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Year: 2013 Author: Kelly Abbott Categories: Curation, Day of Archaeology 2013, Museum Archaeology
Tags: Woodyates, Plaster, paint, acrylic solution, Augustus Pitt Rivers, Models, Conservation, Pitt-Rivers, Conservation Service, natural rubber, Wansdyke, paint loss, Salisbury Museum, Conservator, Wiltshire Conservation Service, Bokerley Dyke
Abbott, Kelly (2013): The conservation of Pitt Rivers archaeological models. https://doi.org/10.5284/1079886 | 675 Kb |
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Rotherley: a Romano-British settlement excavated by Pitt Rivers in 1886-7 (doa_image9467.jpg) |
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Wansdyke: a bank and ditch earthwork probably dating to the C5th AD, excavated in 1889• (doa_image9470.jpg) |
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Woodyates Hypocaust: part of a Roman settlement, 1889-90 (doa_image9479.jpg) |
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Bokerley Dyke a bank and ditch earthwork possibly of late Roman date, excavated in 1890 (doa_image9489.jpg) |
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Stable areas of the surface were dry cleaned first with a museum vac and soft brushes to removes loose dirt and debris. (doa_image9516.jpg) |
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The stable surface areas were then cleaned with smoke sponge (vulcanised natural rubber) to remove more ingrained deposits of dirt and dust. Any smoke sponge debris was removed with a museum vac and soft brush. (doa_image9520.jpg) |
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Fragile flaking areas of paint were consolidated with an acrylic solution with distilled water. (doa_image9524.jpg) |
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Fragile flaking areas of paint were consolidated with an acrylic solution with distilled water. (doa_image9528.jpg) |
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Areas of exposed plaster were stabilised using a facing of Japanese tissue adhered with acrylic adhesive. (doa_image9555.jpg) |
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Areas of unsupported plaster have been stabilised by filling underlying gaps using Japanese tissue and injecting a acrylic solution with distilled water. (doa_image9557.jpg) |
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Model – partially cleaned (doa_image9577.jpg) |
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Dirt and dust has built up on the objects over time and in some cases, this has changed the colour of the models and stained other areas. (doa_image9579.jpg) |
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Some fragments of paint or plaster have fallen off and been lost. (doa_image9583.jpg) |
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Three of the models have been attacked by woodworm. (doa_image9594.jpg) |
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