Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-fvjsw Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-12T07:37:37.492Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The reshaping of archaeological metal objects: some ethical considerations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michael Corfield
Michael Corfield*
Affiliation:
National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP
Get accessRights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

In view of the issues raised by the preceding paper, ANTIQUITY invited the Chairman of the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation to comment.

Information

Type
Papers
Information
Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 235 , June 1988, pp. 261 - 265
Copyright
Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Abercromby, J. 1912. A study of the bronze age pottery of Great Britain & Ireland. Oxford: Clarendon Press.Google Scholar
Brewer, R.J. 1987. Caerleon-Isca – the Roman legionary museum. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales.Google Scholar
Clark, D.V., Cowie, T.G. & Foxon, A.. 1985. Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: HMSO.Google Scholar
Cunnington, W. 1808. MSS Book 10, page 1 (Wiltshire Archaeological Society Library, Devizes).Google Scholar
Dove, S. 1981. The conservation of glass inlaid bronzes and lead curses from Uley, Gloucestershire, Conservator 5.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hoare Colt, R.. 1812. The ancient history of south Wiltshire. London: Miller.Google Scholar
Jedrzjewska, H. 1976. Ethics in conservation. Stockholm: Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Institutet for materialkunsap.Google Scholar
Kinnes, I.A., Longworth, I.H. McIntyre, I.M. Needham, S.P. & Oddy, W.A.. 1988. Bush Barrow gold, Antiquity 62: 24–39.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Macsween, A. & Burgess, C. (ed.). 1984. Au Temps de Stonehenge. Tournai.Google Scholar
Piggott, S. 1938. The Early Bronze Age in Wessex, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society new series 4: 52–106.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pye, E. & Cronyn, J.. 1987. The archaeological conservator re-examined: a personal view, in Recent advances in the conservation and analysis of artefacts, University of London Institute of Archaeology Jubilee Conference 1987.Google Scholar
Shell, C.A. & Robinson, P.. 1988. The recent reconstruction of the Bush Barrow lozenge plate, Antiquity 62 (this number): 248–60.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, P. 1977. Some aspects of commercial restoration and conservation, The Conservator 1: 32–4.Google Scholar
Taylor, J. 1980. Bronze age goldwork of the British Isles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Tweddle, D. 1984. The Coppergate helmet. York: York Archaeological Trust.Google Scholar
United Kingdom Institute For Conservation. 1984. Guidance for conservation practice.Google Scholar