Flixton Park Quarry, Suffolk: Investigative Conservation of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery Material from Sites FLN053 and FLN 062
Author(s): V Fell, Jacqui Watson
This report describes the conservation, examination and analysis of artefacts from two areas of this Anglo-Saxon cemetery. The material studied was selected by the finds specialists for the project. Various analytical techniques were used, such as radiography, microscopy, and X-ray fluorescence, to identify the composition of the individual items as well as other materials preserved by their close proximity to the metalwork. This report includes detailed studies of the shields, spears, knives and beads.
- Report Number:
- 43/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 43
- Keywords:
- Conservation Copper Alloy Early Medieval Iron Mineral Preserved Organic
