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A history of the techniques and ethics of conservation at the National Museum of Denmark. Discusses textiles, metal, and waterlogged wood.
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Archaeological Conservation and its Consequences  A history of the techniques and ethics of conservation at the National Museum of Denmark through the last 150 years A www version of the exhibition prepared for the IIC conference held in Copenhagen, August 1996 Some restoration methods used...
http://www.natmus.dk/cons/x/exintro.htm

Research carried out at St Andrews University on new techniques for conserving archaeological material from wetland and marine sites.
http://ch-www.st-and.ac.uk/wood/

Research and education on prehistoric environment. Specializes in soil analysis, archeobotany, palaeoentomology and palynology.
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Miljöarkeologi  Doktarandanstllning utlyses vid institutionen Gr ditt val hr: Startsida www.umu.se Aktuellt Om Ume Universitet Organisation Utbildning Forskning Samarbeta med oss Fr dig som: vill Studera r Student r Alumn r Journalist r Anstlld BildMuseet Universitetsbiblioteket Webmail Ume Universitet Humanistiska fakulteten...
http://www.umu.se/envarchlab/

Paper advocating the use of archaeology in the education of children. Uses case studies from Australia.
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Antiquity, Project Gallery: Owen Steele  Teaching the next generation Archaeology for Children Jody Steele Timothy Owen Archaeology is no longer a discipline solely for academics; instead it is a subject worthy of interest to even the youngest minds. Archaeology has been used as the primary...
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/owen/owen.html

Explains the methodology of this discipline and its subdisciplines - zooarchaeology, archaeobotany, and archaeopedology. Projects and staff.
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Environmental Archaeology at the Florida Museum of Natural History  Zooarchaeology is the study of animal remains, both vertebrate and invertebrate, from archaeological contexts. These studies provide a better understanding of past lifeways, human diets, changed landscapes, management of animals, impact of human exploitation on other animal populations, and other...
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/envarch/