Preservation of Archaeological Remains In Situ

Chris Caple, currently a Senior Lecturer at Durham University, has been director of the postgraduate programme in artefact conservation at Durham since 1988. He is active teaching, researching and publishing in conservation, analysing and researching ancient artefacts and has been directing and publishing archaeological excavations since 1982.

0 Introduction to Preservation in Situ Survival, Loss and Ideas of Preservation 1 Survival, A History of the Perception of the Survival of Archaeological Remains 1.1 Fiorelli, G. 1860-4, Pompeianarum Antiquitatum Historia (3v), in (trans?) A.E Cooley and M.G.L. Cooley 2002 Pompeii: a Sourcebook, Abingdon: Routledge (selected passages) 1.2 The Times, November 30th, 1922, Page 13, An Egyptian Treasure. Image from the Times, January 30th, 1923, Interior of Tutankhamuns Tomb: First Pictures. 1.3 Glob, P.V. 1969 The Bog People, London: Faber and Faber (selected passages) 2 Threats and Losses the Spur to Preservation 2.1 Coles, J.M. 1987 The Preservation of Archaeological Sites by Environmental Intervention, in H. Hodges ed. In-Situ Archaeological Conservation, Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia and J. Paul Getty Trust, 32-55 2.2 Darvill, T. and Fulton, A. 1998 The Monuments at Risk Survey of England 1995, London: Bournemouth University and English Heritage (selected passages) 2.3 Rimmer, M.B. and Caple, C. 2008 Estimating Artefact Loss: A comparison of metal artefact loss rates through in-situ decay and loss of ancient monument sites in England, in H. Kars, R.M.van Herringen (eds.) Preserving Archaeological Remains In-Situ, proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 7-9 December 2006, Amsterdam, Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam, 65-74 2.4 Kenward, H. and Hall, A. 2000 Decay of Delicate Organic Remains in Shallow Urban Deposits: Are We at a Watershed?, Antiquity 74, 519-525 Approaches to Preservation and Conservation 3 Knowledge of the Burial Environment 3.1 Darwin, C. 1881 The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms with observations on their habits, London: Faber and Faber (selected passages) 3.2 Cornwall I. 1958 Soils for the Archaeologist, London: Phoenix House (selected passages) 3.3 Bell, M. 1996 Discussion and Conclusions - Chapter 14, in M. Bell, P.J. Fowler and S.W. Hillson, The Experimental Earthwork Project 1960-1992, CBA Research Report 100, York: CBA , 228-246 3.4 Bass Becking, L.G.M., Kaplan, I.R. and Moore, D. 1960 Limits of the natural environment in terms of plant and oxidation and reduction potentials. The Journal of Geology 68 (1960), 243-284 3.5 Painter, T.J. 1995 Chemical and Microbiological Aspects of the Preservation Process in Sphagnum Peat, in, R. Turner and R. Scaife, (eds) Bog Bodies: New Discoveries and New Perspectives. London: BMP, 88-99 4 Legislation and Organisations 4.1 Cleere, H. 1989 Introduction: the rationale of archaeological heritage management in H. Cleere (ed.) Archaeological Heritage Management in the Modern World, London: Routledge. 4.2 Willems, W.J.H. Archaeological Resource Management and Preservation, in H. Kars, R.M.van Herringen (eds.) Preserving Archaeological Remains In-Situ, proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 7-9 December 2006, Amsterdam, Amsterdam: VU University Amsterdam. 283-290 5 Conservation Theory 5.1 Morris, W. 1877 The Principles of the Society (for the Protection of Ancient Buildings) asset forth upon its Foundation, Builder 35 (2 pages) 5.2 ICOMOS 1966 International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (The Venice Charter 1964) 5.3 Council of Europe 1992 European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage, Valletta 1992 5.4 UNESCO 1994 Nara Document on Authenticity 5.5 Australia ICOMOS 1999 The Burra Charter Problems of Decay and Conservation Measures by Site Type 6 Decay and Mitigation of Stone Ruins 6.1 Ashurst, J. and Shalom, A. 2007 Short Story: the demise, discovery, destruction and salvation of a ruin, in, J. Ashurst, Conservation of Ruins, London: Butterworth Heinemann . xxx-xlii 6.2 Ashurst, J. and Burns, C. 2007 Philosophy, technology and craft, in, J. Ashurst, Conservation of Ruins, London: Butterworth Heinemann. 82-145 6.3 Coppack, G. 1999 Setting and Structure: The conservation of Wi