All Outputs (5)

Introduction: The Challenges of Archaeological Conservation (2020)
Book Chapter
Caple, C. (2021). Introduction: The Challenges of Archaeological Conservation. In C. Caple, & V. Garlick (Eds.), Studies in Archaeological Conservation (14-34). Routledge

Introduction to Preservation in Situ (2016)
Book Chapter
Caple, C. (2016). Introduction to Preservation in Situ. In C. Caple (Ed.), Preservation of archaeological remains in situ : a reader. Routledge

Ex Situ Painted Wall Plaster (2015)
Book Chapter
Caple, C., & Graves, P. (2015). Ex Situ Painted Wall Plaster. In R. Gilchrist, & C. Green (Eds.), Glastonbury abbey : archaeological excavations 1904-79 (336-340). Society of Antiquaries of London

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.

Degradation, Investigation and Preservation of Archaeological Evidence (2001)
Book Chapter
Caple, C. (2001). Degradation, Investigation and Preservation of Archaeological Evidence. In D. Brothwell, & M. Pollard (Eds.), Handbook of archaeological sciences (587-594). John Wiley and Sons

The museums of the present are filled with stone and bronze axe heads, mineralised metal tools, cracked pots and glass fragments. This does not accurately define our past but what has; survived burial in aerobic topsoil for hundreds or thousands of y... Read More about Degradation, Investigation and Preservation of Archaeological Evidence.