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For Future Generations

Conservation of a Tudor Maritime Collection. Archaeology of the Mary Rose 5

By (author) Mark Jones
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Oxbow Books, Oxford, United Kingdom
Published: 31st Oct 2015
Dimensions: w 210mm h 297mm d 20mm
Weight: 648g
ISBN-10: 178570155X
ISBN-13: 9781785701559
Barcode No: 9781785701559
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Synopsis
The Mary Rose, one of the first great British warships and Henry VIII's flagship, sank in 1545, taking all her contents and most of her crew to the bottom of the sea. The conservation of the hull of the Mary Rose, and more than 26,000 objects recovered during her excavation, has been a massive undertaking. The complex process of conservation was begun even before the hull was raised from the seabed in 1982, and continues today. For Future Generations: Conservation of a Tudor Maritime Collection is one of the series of books published by the Mary Rose Trust, with the Heritage Lottery Fund, on the archaeology of the Mary Rose. It provides an introduction to the conservation programme devised for the Mary Rose, and the principles, objectives and problems of marine archaeological conservation. A huge range of objects were recovered from the ship, including wood, textiles, leather, ceramics, glass, stone, metals, rope, pieces of sail-cloth, and many hundreds of animal and human bones. Almost all objects required some kind of treatment to halt the effects of 450 years of immersion in saltwater. This volume explains the conservation methods used for the treatment and preservation of each major category of material. It describes the processes of decay and degradation and the results of bacterial and animal infestation that affect shipwrecks in general, and the Mary Rose in particular. The variety and immensity of the task facing the excavators of the Mary Rose was so great that new methods and treatments had to be devised and tested. It proved to be ground-breaking work. The conservation work did not stop with the stabilisation of the hull and objects from the wreck. Museum display and the continuing storage of most objects presented their own problems. This volume also describes the design and construction of specialised display cases, ensuring that the museum could control and monitor potentially destructive environmental factors such as light, humidity, heat and atmospheric pollution, as well as allowing good public access to the objects.

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a valuable contribution to the field of archaeological conservation,' -- International Journal of Maritime History 16 (1) International Journal of Maritime History 16 (1) As a historical documentation of the conservation procedures used, the book is very informative' -- International Journal of Nautical Archaeology International Journal of Nautical Archaeology