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Appreciation post: that one archaeologist who told me to stop dry brushing all my finds
After I ruined a delicate textile fragment from a 3rd century site by scrubbing it with a stiff brush, the field director pulled me aside and said to use a soft paintbrush and distilled water instead, and now my artifact prep takes twice as long but I ruin zero pieces anymore, has anyone else had to unlearn a bad cleaning habit the hard way?
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jessicamiller28d ago
Oh man, I've been there. My first dig I scrubbed a Roman coin with a wire brush thinking I was being thorough, and the supervisor just stared at me like I'd committed a war crime. Gentle paintbrush and patience is the move, but sometimes my brain still goes "SCRUB THE DIRT OFF" like a caveman.
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barbara39928d ago
That wire brush story made me cringe lol, but honestly I used to think rough cleaning was just being efficient. This whole thread really changed how I look at it now.
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