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CONSERVATOR, ARTIFACTS

Specialty Definition: CONSERVATOR, ARTIFACTS

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Occupations

Cleans, restores, and preserves archeological specimens and historical artifacts according to accepted chemical and physical techniques and training in archeological science: Cleans and repairs or reinforces specimens, such as weapons, mummified remains, and pottery, using handtools and prescribed chemical agents. Restores artifacts by polishing, joining together broken fragments, or other procedures, using handtools, power tools, and acid, chemical, or electrolytic corrosion-removal baths. Treats specimens to prevent or minimize deterioration, according to accepted procedures. Records treatment of each artifact. Prepares reports of activities. May plan and conduct research to improve methods of restoring and preserving specimen. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CONSERVATOR, ARTIFACTS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4E 53 45 52 56 41 54 4F 52 2C      41 52 54 49 46 41 43 54 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001110 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 00101100 00100000 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001001 01000110 01000001 01000011 01010100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#83 &#69 &#82 &#86 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#44 &#32 &#65 &#82 &#84 &#73 &#70 &#65 &#67 &#84 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0053 0045 0052 0056 0041 0054 004F 0052 002C      0041 0052 0054 0049 0046 0041 0043 0054 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3749485339525635544952142355254434035375453

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