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><channel><title>NCPTT &#187; artifacts</title> <atom:link href="http://ncptt.nps.gov/tag/artifacts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov</link> <description>National Center for Preservation Technology and Training</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:03:29 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Join us Aug. 11 for Preservation In Your Community LIVE on USTREAM</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-to-host-9th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-to-host-9th-annual-preservation-in-your-community/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:04:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archeology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biological Growth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bone consolidation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bone strenghening]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brick]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cane River Creole National Historic Park]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cane River National Heritage Area]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CARI]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chemistry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CRNHA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[floor coverings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[graffiti removal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Landscapes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Structures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Inventory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[laser ablation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marble]]></category> <category><![CDATA[masonry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microwave radiation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paint stripper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PIYC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[poultice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation in Your Community]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sol-Gel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tablet computer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[window treatments]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3951</guid> <description><![CDATA[The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (<a title="NCPTT &#124; National Center for Preservation Technology and Training" href="http://ncptt.nps.gov">NCPTT</a>), Cane River National Heritage Area (<a title="Cane River National Heritage Area" href="http://www.nps.gov/crha">CRNHA</a>), and Cane River Creole National Historic Park (<a title="Cane River Creole National Historic Park" href="http://www.nps.gov/CARI">CARI</a>) will showcase recent research at the 9th annual Preservation in Your Community (PIYC) on August 11, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. at NCPTT’s <a title="Directions to NCPTT" href="http://ncptt.nps.gov/about-us/directions/">Lee H. 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By extension, this means that prehistoric trade and exchange networks can be mapped out.<br /><br />Because each waterway is chemically different to some extent, and because mussels incorporate the chemicals into their shells, it is theoretically possible to identify where shell artifacts or shell-tempered pottery was made by chemically analyzing the shell.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/sourcing-shell-and-shell-tempered-artifacts-using-laser-ablation-2009-02/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New Life for Native Artifacts</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/new-life-for-native-artifacts/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/new-life-for-native-artifacts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:01:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sean Clifford</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archaeology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archeology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bacteria]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dexotification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[native american]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2276</guid> <description><![CDATA[Recent research reveals bacteria may be the biggest ally in the fight to preserve ancient artifacts from erosion and deterioration.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/new-life-for-native-artifacts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Wooden Artifacts in Cemeteries: A Reference Manual (2007-10)</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/wooden-artifacts-in-cemeteries-a-reference-manual-2007-10/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/wooden-artifacts-in-cemeteries-a-reference-manual-2007-10/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:18:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mary Striegel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cemetery Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product Catalog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2007-10]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cemeteries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[grave]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wood]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=965</guid> <description><![CDATA[This project is about saving historic wooden artifacts in cemeteries. Cemeteries are important repositories of local and national history, valued not only for the stories they tell, but also for their emotional and civic connections.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/wooden-artifacts-in-cemeteries-a-reference-manual-2007-10/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Development of High-Resolution, Digital, Color and Infrared Photographic Methods for Preserving Imagery on Hopewellian Copper Artifacts (2000-22)</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/development-of-high-resolution-digital-color-and-infrared-photographic-methods-for-preserving-imagery-on-hopewellian-copper-artifacts-2000-22/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/development-of-high-resolution-digital-color-and-infrared-photographic-methods-for-preserving-imagery-on-hopewellian-copper-artifacts-2000-22/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:15:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Product Catalog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2000-22]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[copper]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hope]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hopewellian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Imaging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Methods]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Photographic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prehistoric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prehistory]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PTT Grant]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=1154</guid> <description><![CDATA[Prehistoric Hopewellian peoples of Ohio (ca. 150 B.C. - A.D. 400) produced fine geometric and representational art that played central roles in their social organization and religious practices.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/development-of-high-resolution-digital-color-and-infrared-photographic-methods-for-preserving-imagery-on-hopewellian-copper-artifacts-2000-22/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>$165,415 Released for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Grants Program</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/165415-released-for-the-national-center-for-preservation-technology-and-training-grants-program/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/165415-released-for-the-national-center-for-preservation-technology-and-training-grants-program/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:29:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Architecture & Engineering]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Grants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Materials Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[characterization]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conservation Catalogs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conservators]]></category> <category><![CDATA[database]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dirk Kempthorne]]></category> <category><![CDATA[element analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FAIC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FRM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[historic buildings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historic Windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lincoln]]></category> <category><![CDATA[loads]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[masonry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mortar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category> <category><![CDATA[NCPTT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Orleans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Preservation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ptt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pXRF]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Research]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scientists]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tulane University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[University of Nebraska]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington DC]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wiki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wood Windows]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=331</guid> <description><![CDATA[More than $165,000 will fund research to protect America’s historic legacy as part of the National Center for Preservation Technology &#038; Training’s PTT Grants program.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/165415-released-for-the-national-center-for-preservation-technology-and-training-grants-program/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Louisiana Archeology Week</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/louisiana-archeology-week/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/louisiana-archeology-week/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:48:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Archaeology Week]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David W. Morgan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Geophysics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prospection]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=1912</guid> <description><![CDATA[On October 4, NCPTT hosted one of the statewide activities celebrating Louisiana Archaeology Week. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://ncptt.nps.gov/louisiana-archeology-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Rising from the Depths</title><link>http://ncptt.nps.gov/rising-from-the-depths/</link> <comments>http://ncptt.nps.gov/rising-from-the-depths/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:25:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>NCPTT</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Archeology & Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[archeology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[artifacts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drying]]></category> <category><![CDATA[waterlogged]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2580</guid> <description><![CDATA[When Union ships sunk the English blockade runner Modern Greece off the coast of North Carolina in 1862, Confederates at nearby Fort Fisher wasted little time in salvaging munitions from the vessel. 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