Here's a few short videos depicting some of what goes on with artifacts after they've been found.
In this case, the dig site is George Washington's boyhood home: the Ferry Farm in VA.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ge...!4d-77.4481006
In this vid there's a tool used to date colonial pipes by the diameter of the stem bore. This dating tool may work for other Right coasters on early sites: I certainly could have used this years ago, having left literally thousands of stems in the Maryland fields! Anyway I took the liberty of drawing one here (she had her thumb on the last date )
> Cataloging artifacts
> Artifact labeling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCj...6vnjMt&index=7
> Vesselization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEv...6vnjMt&index=8
> Mending with an archival glue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Ud...6vnjMt&index=9
> Tricks of the trade to identify artifacts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cnS...vnjMt&index=10
> Using ultraviolet light to help in artifact ID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMP...vnjMt&index=11
> Glass patination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZI...vnjMt&index=12
In this case, the dig site is George Washington's boyhood home: the Ferry Farm in VA.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ge...!4d-77.4481006
In this vid there's a tool used to date colonial pipes by the diameter of the stem bore. This dating tool may work for other Right coasters on early sites: I certainly could have used this years ago, having left literally thousands of stems in the Maryland fields! Anyway I took the liberty of drawing one here (she had her thumb on the last date )
> Cataloging artifacts
> Artifact labeling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCj...6vnjMt&index=7
> Vesselization
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFEv...6vnjMt&index=8
> Mending with an archival glue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Ud...6vnjMt&index=9
> Tricks of the trade to identify artifacts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cnS...vnjMt&index=10
> Using ultraviolet light to help in artifact ID
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwMP...vnjMt&index=11
> Glass patination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZI...vnjMt&index=12
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