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

These articles are provided for non-commercial research and education use. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use.

To Number 11– 20


Number 1
The Role of the Conservator on an Archaeological Excavation

Catherine Sease


Number 2
Guidelines for Foreign Conservators in Turkey

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


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

Kent Severson


Number 4
Selected Bibliography: Conservation in the Field

Krysia Spirydwicz


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

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


Number 6
Health and Safty in the Field Laboratory

Scott Carroll and Tania Collas


Number 7
Educational Opportunities for Turkish Conservators

Dr. Hande Kökten Ersoy


Number 8
Documentation of On-site Conservation Activities

Claire Peachey and Ellen Salzman


Number 9
On-site Storage of Excavated Materials

Hiroko Kariya and Claire Peachey


Number 10
Archaeological Site Protection in Turkey

Kent Severson