Археология евразийских степей (Dec 2021)

Post-Excavation Deterioration of Archaeological Bone Objects. Inappropriate Primary Field Treatment and Correction Methods. (the experience of restoration of a bone needle case from the materials of the Tuva Archaeological Expedition of the IHMC RAS)

  • Olga V. Zhmur,
  • Sofya R. Murzina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24852/2587-6112.2021.6.262.272
Journal volume & issue
no. 6
pp. 262 – 272

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This paper describes an improperly attempted field stabilization of a bone needle case from a burial of the late Scythian period in Tuva and its subsequent restoration treatment. An analysis of the burial conditions, excavation circumstances and field conservation actions leads to a conclusion on the existence of a complex of factors leading to the deterioration of the object’s integrity and surface deformations. Determination of the degree of destruction of bone material allowed for the identification of a suitable sequence of restoration ac­tivities.

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