{"id":3272,"date":"2012-05-14T19:24:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T00:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2012-05-14T19:24:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T00:24:04","slug":"40th-annual-meeting-osg-luncheon-so-far-away-from-me-conservation-and-archaeology-by-suzanne-davis-and-claudia-chemello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2012\/05\/14\/40th-annual-meeting-osg-luncheon-so-far-away-from-me-conservation-and-archaeology-by-suzanne-davis-and-claudia-chemello\/","title":{"rendered":"AIC’s 40th Annual Meeting – Objects Luncheon: “So Far Away From Me? Conservation and Archaeology” by Suzanne Davis and Claudia Chemello"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the second talk during the OSG luncheon, Suzanne Davis and Claudia Chemello explored the question \u201care archaeologists and conservators so far away from each other?\u201d, inspired by the sentiment of the Dire Straits song \u201cSo Far Away\u201d. Their talk was illustrated with historic photographs of archaeologists working in Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey in the 1920s, from the collection at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology<\/a> at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n

As a follow-up to last year\u2019s annual meeting presentation, which summarized the responses of a survey of archaeological conservators, this year Suzanne and Claudia presented the results of a 2011 survey of archaeological dig directors working primarily in the US. The purpose of the survey was to examine how archaeologists are engaging with conservators,\u00a0 to gain an understanding of conservation needs from an archaeologist\u2019s perspective, and to identify areas for outreach and education.<\/p>\n

They made the survey using the online survey tool Qualtrics <\/a>and after wide distribution, received a whopping 346 responses.<\/p>\n

They plan to publish the complete results of the survey, but in their presentation, they summarized a lot of the data, such as:<\/p>\n