2004 CONSERVATION Gretchen Meyers, Rollins University, Director of Materials Ann Steiner, Franklin and Marshall College, Director of Research Chris White, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Head Conservator Esther H. Chao, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Conservator Bridget Marx, Southern Methodist University, Senior Curator Sue Bird, Illustrator Lilly Albritton, SMU, Lab Assistant Head Conservator Chris White at work in the conservation lab.   Esther Chao using a microscope to clean a small, detailed find. For weekly reports on conservation projects during the 2004 field season, click on the links for weeks: Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 - Final Report For photographs of key finds from trenches in the recent season, see Finds. For information on the Conservation Lab, see below. For additional information on the lab and magazzino, visit the Conservation Lab page listed under Facilities. 2004 Head Conservator Chris White advises Katy Blanchard on excavation of Feature 2 in Podere Funghi Trench PF 15.   About the Conservation Lab In the conservation lab, conservators and assistant conservators clean, conserve, and label finds. Conservation involves the repair, consolidation, and preservation of material remains. In special cases, our conservators will come up to the site and assist in the removal of fragile remains. Conservation work requires expertise in art history, science, and studio art, and an understanding of archaeological methodology. Finds joined or waiting for joins and storage arranged by trench in the lab.   Conservation tools and chemicals used in cleaning and joining finds.   In 2001, Chris White joins and restores fragments of a bucchero oinochoe.   Bridget Marx labels a bucchero rim in the magazzino.   Director, Gregory Warden gwarden@mail.smu.edu Director, Michael Thomas michael.thomas@tufts.edu While the team is in Italy during the summer field season, send e-mail to: mvap3@dada.it To email an individual on the team, enter the person's last name in the subject heading. Excavation house phone: 055-844-9834, or, when calling from the US: 011-39-55-844-9834. Introduction | 2004 Field Season | Poggio Colla Field School | What’s New | Staff | Students Site History | Directors' Diaries | Student Diaries | Excavation Friends | Facilities | Conservation | Surveys Robert Belanger | Katherine Blanchard | Josh Moran | Caitlin Vacanti | Ivo van der Graaff | Robert Vander Poppen QuickTime VR | Site Set-Up | Dig Daily Life | Excavation Process | Field Manual | Lectures | Season's End Archives | Finds | Research Projects | Publications | Bibliography | Mugello Area | Home