Professional Field Experience: Restoration of Archaeological Ceramics.

Catalog description

PR: Corequisite of ARHS 421 . Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of conservation of archaeological pottery. Students learn various methods of cleaning pottery sherds, the reassembly of pottery from surviving sherds, in-filling gaps left in the pottery after reassembly, the aesthetic treatment of the infilling for display and how to document the restoration procedure on pottery.