Field Notes

Practical Guides for Archaeological Conservation and Site Preservation

Field Notes is a series of essays written by professional conservators and archaeologists. They are intended for archaeologists, conservatrors and students as resource guides for the stabilization and preservation of excavated materials and archaeological sites.

Field Notes is supported by the Edward Waldo Forbes Fund of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Project Coordinator: Glenn Wharton; Translator: Hande Kökten Ersoy; Review Committee: Nancy Odegaard, Nicholas Stanley-Price, Terry Drayman-Weisser

To Number 11– 20


Field Notes No.01

Number 1
The Role of the Conservator on an Archaeological Excavation

Catherine Sease


Field Notes No.02

Number 2
Guidelines for Foreign Conservators in Turkey

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


Field Notes No.03

Number 3
Conservation and Related Materials: Suppliers and Shopping in Turkey

Kent Severson


Field Notes No.04

Number 4
Selected Bibliography: Conservation in the Field

Krysia Spirydwicz


Field Notes No.05

Number 5
Legislation for the Protection of Cultural and Natural Property of Turkey

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


Field Notes No.06

Number 6
Health and Safty in the Field Laboratory

Scott Carroll and Tania Collas


Field Notes No.07



Number 7
Educational Opportunities for Turkish Conservators

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


Field Notes No.08

Number 8
Documentation of On-site Conservation Activities

Claire Peachey and Ellen Salzman


Field Notes No.09

Number 9
On-site Storage of Excavated Materials

Hiroko Kariya and Claire Peachey


Field Notes No.10

Number 10
Archaeological Site Protection in Turkey

Kent Severson