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Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials (2010)
Journal Article
Caple, C. (2010). Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 29(3), 305-318. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2010.00350.x

Ancestor artefacts (objects of an earlier period, valued for their age and associations, which are retained into a later period) are normally identified by archaeologists owing to the difference between the date of the object and its context. These v... Read More about Ancestor Artefacts - Ancestor Materials.

Conservation: Concept and Reality (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caple, C. (2010, December). Conservation: Concept and Reality. Presented at Recent Development in Archaeological Conservation, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Before any individual, organisation or discipline contemplates its future, it is prudent to know where it currently stands, where it has come from and what the world around it is like. Thus to start a conference on ‘Current Trends and Future Directio... Read More about Conservation: Concept and Reality.

The Aims of Conservation (2009)
Book Chapter
Caple, C. (2009). The Aims of Conservation. In A. Richmond, & A. Bracker (Eds.), Conservation : principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths (25-31). BUTTERWORTH-HEINEMANN LTD

All societies have objects they retain and cherish and in Europe, in the 21st century, that typicall means placing them in a museum and letting conservators and other museum staff ‘take care’ of them. But we conservators are invariably focussed on ho... Read More about The Aims of Conservation.

Estimating Artefact Loss: A comparison of metal artefact loss rates through in situ decay and loss of ancient monument sites in England. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rimmer, M., & Caple, C. (2008, October). Estimating Artefact Loss: A comparison of metal artefact loss rates through in situ decay and loss of ancient monument sites in England. Presented at 3rd Conference on Preserving archaeological remains in situ, Amsterdam

Using data from the 1995 Monuments at Risk Survey of England (MARS) (Darvill & Fulton 1998) and estimates of artefact densities from published excavation reports, it has been possible to calculate the number of metal (iron and copper alloy) objects b... Read More about Estimating Artefact Loss: A comparison of metal artefact loss rates through in situ decay and loss of ancient monument sites in England..

Preservation in Situ: The Future for Archaeological Conservators? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caple, C. (2008, September). Preservation in Situ: The Future for Archaeological Conservators?

Archaeological conservators have traditionally worked at the single object level; investigating, cleaning and stabilizing artefacts retrieved from archaeological excavations (remedial or interventive conservation) and at a collection level providing... Read More about Preservation in Situ: The Future for Archaeological Conservators?.