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Hi Seth- I whole-heartedly agree. Recovery is the easy part - conservation is where the real work starts... Here is another link for the same material that can be found on the AUE website: https://denix.cecer.army.mil/denix/Public/ES-Programs/Conservation/Underwater/ar chaeology.html Cheers, Mike >From: Seth Johnstone <setohw@ya*.co*> >Reply-To: SethJohnstone@co*.co* >To: Gilldiver@ao*.co* >CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com, Michael Barnette <aocfishman@ho*.co*>, Joe >Citelli <joe@po*.co*>, Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> >Subject: Re: AUE artifact recovery >Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 06:14:52 -0700 (PDT) > > > Here's a website with an on-line manual for conservation of everything >from bone to metal to leather to paper. If you're gonna pick it up, this >is a good place to learn how to save it: >http://nautarch.tamu.edu/class/ANTH605/File0.htm >-Seth > Gilldiver@ao*.co* wrote: If I might add a few comments to what has been >being posted. I am working >with the State archaeologist in Connecticut. I found that you cannot fight >them as they have the "Academic" background that get their side heard by >the >law makers. But if you work with them you may be able to guide their >actions >to avoid those wrecks that you as a diver want to dive. > >If you don't try to work with them you may find that wrecks are going to be >restricted. Don't believe me? Take a look at the UK where all naval war >wrecks may be posted as off limits. Or for the Great Lakes try Michigan >where >if you get caught taking an artifact from a wreck it is a felony. You want >more restrictions: try Greece where they actually banned diving form most >areas at one time (many are still banned) or Finland where just to dive a >wreck you need advance permission, have to notify the Coast Guard when you >enter the water, notify them when you leave the water, and don't even try >to >use a side scan or depth sounder to find a wreck. > >Now how do you get the background to work with them? The best place I have >found is the Nautical Archaeological Society. Take a look at them at: >http://www.nasportsmouth.org.uk/ > >Their system is built to be used by sport/wreck divers and teaches basic >artifact data collection and preservation. Do some of the data collection >and >present it to your local State archaeologists and you may find that their >positions just may soften. > >As for artifact preservation - lets face it all we collect is brass and >glass, most of us don't know how to preserve wood, paper, leather, etc. It >is >not easy and can cost a lot. > >Peter Johnson > > >--------------------------------- >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Personal Address - Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! >Mail. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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