The workshop focused on oral tradition and archeological interpretation and the role of Native Americans in archeology.

The goal of this project was to disseminate advanced information on historic preservation documentation and assessment utilizing the most “cutting edge” technology available.

Sensitive building materials such as calcareous stone are subject to accelerated deterioration by several agents. These may be physical processes such as freeze-thaw cycles, chemical processes such as reaction with sulfur dioxide gas, or biological processes such as attack by microorganisms.

The web version of the Simple Book Repair Manual was created by members of Preservation Services, Dartmouth College Library.

The purpose of this paper is threefold; to emphasize the problem of fire safety for historic buildings, to identify potential for a performance-based approach to this problem, and to discuss development of performance objectives and criteria for heritage properties.

Soiling of limestone caused by air pollution has been studied at the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Cathedral was constructed in the 1930s during a period of heavy pollution in Pittsburgh, PA.

Termites are a significant structural pest in the United States, costing the public nearly $1.5 billion in damage each year.

This report presents a review of the literature followed by recommendations based on best practices for the analysis of historic cement-based materials. The report is geared towards the practicing analyst.

nfrared thermography (IRT) has been in use for decades as a means of nondestructive testing. However limited research has been conducted on applying this technology towards historic preservation, particularly wood framed structures. Furthermore, hardware and information relating to this technology and its preservation applications can be difficult to obtain and [...]

A calcium oxalate (whewellite)-rich crust occurs on exposed limestone surfaces in dry rock and open air shelters in the Lower Pecos region of southwest Texas.

SHIIPS was designed as an expandable, relational, and searchable database of Ohio’s Lake Erie maritime cultural resources that would be accessible on the World Wide Web from either Macintosh or IBM Platforms.

Purpose
artners for Sacred Places will make its Information Clearinghouse database, many of its unique documents, and other resources available to the preservation community through the Internet, thus greatly expanding the number of users served and the amount of data available to them.
Background
Partners for Sacred Places was founded in 1989 as the nation’s only non-profit, non [...]

The database contains citations and summaries of all state legislation that specifically references historic preservation, historic properties, archeological sites or culturally significant human burials.

The project team developed a prioritized list of collections to be included in the database and a three-year schedule for data collection and data entry.

The Ellsworth Rock Gardens were determined eligible for the National Register in 1998, as an extraordinary and unique American art environment and outstanding example of mid-twentieth century vernacular landscape architecture.

The purpose of this project was to develop a new Internet-accessible database of information about the landscape design records for projects undertaken by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr. and the Olmsted firm.

The purpose of the survey was to determine how the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training might facilitate the education of local public officials.

Hallmarks on silver and gold objects can reveal much about their history.

The objective of this study was to develop a test method to measure the hardness of masonry mortars with a pendulum hammer.

Investigators from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art undertook this project to determine if worn-off or illegible hallmarks on silver and gold works of art could be imaged using scanning acoustic imaging techniques.