http://www.ncptt.nps.gov National Center for Preservation Technology and Training Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:07:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:52:43 +0000 jkguin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4499 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ptt-grant-is-funding-database-for-research-of-fibers/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:02:40 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=4635
View the webcast.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/live-webcast-nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:21:49 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3962
NCPTT has been using eddy current technology in preservation and will be bringing this tool to the iPhone platform in 2010. Download Episode 8 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-eddy-current-technology-in-conservation-science-podcast-episode-8/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/pttgrant-whats-out-there/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/pttgrant-whats-out-there/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:55:18 +0000 jkguin http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3985
Ultimately, the What's Out There project seeks not only to make design landscapes more visible on a national scale, but also wants to encourage original scholarship aid in future NR and NHL nominations, encourage state and local landscape inventories, generate cultural landscape reports and inspire design professionals.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/pttgrant-whats-out-there/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:15:01 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3909
Later improvement of the suspension procedure resulted in consolidants that are much more stable and fluid. Stone treated with the particle-modified consolidant (PMC) increases dramatically in stiffness and strength. Most impressively in a sodium sulfate test, the PMC provided better protection than a commercial silicate consolidant.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/improved-sol-gel-consolidants-for-stone-2002-24/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:45:48 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3863
Register before September 11, 2009 for $299 ($399 thereafter).

Key sessions are expected to include Archeology, Mapping and Documentation, Landscapes, Engineering Challenges, Issues in National Cemeteries, and Materials Conservation.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nationwide-cemetery-preservation-summit-schedule-and-abstracts/feed/ 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:59:25 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3838
Sixteen additional treatments are under review, and DOD comments will be incorporated as they are received.

This effort is directed at improving the technical content of the draft DOD treatment standards and the stewardship of DOD cultural resources.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/dod-standard-treatments/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:15:44 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3846
Forty participants met to identify areas where new research in basic science can provide a foundation for significant improvements in understanding the way art and artifacts were created and how best to preserve them.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/nsf-workshop/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-lasers-to-remove-graffiti-from-rock-art-and-rock-imagerypodcast-episode-7/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-lasers-to-remove-graffiti-from-rock-art-and-rock-imagerypodcast-episode-7/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:40:46 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3801
Download Episode 7 as an mp3 or subscribe via iTunes. ]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/using-lasers-to-remove-graffiti-from-rock-art-and-rock-imagerypodcast-episode-7/feed/ 3 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/evaluation-of-conservation-and-preservation-practices-in-a-southwest-pottery-collection-2009-04/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/evaluation-of-conservation-and-preservation-practices-in-a-southwest-pottery-collection-2009-04/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:11:37 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3807
This research has afforded the opportunity to look forwards and backwards to identify patterns in archaeological methods, museum management and conservation.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/evaluation-of-conservation-and-preservation-practices-in-a-southwest-pottery-collection-2009-04/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/sourcing-shell-and-shell-tempered-artifacts-using-laser-ablation-2009-02/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/sourcing-shell-and-shell-tempered-artifacts-using-laser-ablation-2009-02/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:41:24 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3716
Because each waterway is chemically different to some extent, and because mussels incorporate the chemicals into their shells, it is theoretically possible to identify where shell artifacts or shell-tempered pottery was made by chemically analyzing the shell.]]> http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/sourcing-shell-and-shell-tempered-artifacts-using-laser-ablation-2009-02/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/removal-of-arsenic-and-mercury-contamination-in-museums-using-a-natural-environmentally-benign-chemical-2006-02/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/removal-of-arsenic-and-mercury-contamination-in-museums-using-a-natural-environmentally-benign-chemical-2006-02/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:03:48 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3700 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/removal-of-arsenic-and-mercury-contamination-in-museums-using-a-natural-environmentally-benign-chemical-2006-02/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-aftershock-of-economics-meets-conservation-online/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-aftershock-of-economics-meets-conservation-online/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:01:19 +0000 Mary Striegel http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=3431 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/the-aftershock-of-economics-meets-conservation-online/feed/ 3 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/swelling-mechanism-in-clay-bearing-sandstones-2007-09/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/swelling-mechanism-in-clay-bearing-sandstones-2007-09/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:59:06 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=1030 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/swelling-mechanism-in-clay-bearing-sandstones-2007-09/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/shaving-creamgenealogists-friend-or-cemetery-conservators-foe/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/shaving-creamgenealogists-friend-or-cemetery-conservators-foe/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:49:18 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2928 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/shaving-creamgenealogists-friend-or-cemetery-conservators-foe/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-visits-hybrid-plastics/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-visits-hybrid-plastics/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:21:11 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2906 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/ncptt-visits-hybrid-plastics/feed/ 0 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-presentations/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-presentations/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:54:31 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2789 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/call-for-presentations/feed/ 1 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/essentials-for-cemetery-monument-care-telnps/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/essentials-for-cemetery-monument-care-telnps/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:01:12 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=1983 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/essentials-for-cemetery-monument-care-telnps/feed/ 4 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/basics-for-iron-fencing-care/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/basics-for-iron-fencing-care/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:01:03 +0000 Jason Church http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=1991 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/basics-for-iron-fencing-care/feed/ 2 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mary-striegel-to-keynote-at-american-society-for-non-destructive-testing/ http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mary-striegel-to-keynote-at-american-society-for-non-destructive-testing/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:00:53 +0000 NCPTT http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/?p=2524 http://www.ncptt.nps.gov/mary-striegel-to-keynote-at-american-society-for-non-destructive-testing/feed/ 0