3rd February 2012, 06:46 PM
...and from several experiences over the years many curators also regard them as really a bit of an inconvenience and to ignored as far as possible ....amazing how many boxes labelled 'iron' I've had occasion to open from museum archives only to find them full of bags of brown powder and pretty pink silica gel.... :0
Someone should do a book of all those archaeological anecdotes down the years, or would we all get arrested or sued? - there used to be a worrying number about me doing the rounds years back, several of which were even true, although hopefully they've died down now that most of the perpetrators have found something more lucrative to do, retired to Thailand or are 6' under, and I'm heading to a respectable dotage....yeah, maybe not
Someone should do a book of all those archaeological anecdotes down the years, or would we all get arrested or sued? - there used to be a worrying number about me doing the rounds years back, several of which were even true, although hopefully they've died down now that most of the perpetrators have found something more lucrative to do, retired to Thailand or are 6' under, and I'm heading to a respectable dotage....yeah, maybe not