These pages highlight research carried out into new techniques for conserving archaeological material from wetland and marine sites. This research has led to the development of a new technique - Supercritical Drying, which shows great promise for conserving waterlogged wood and more complex composite artefacts (see 'Technique' below). The progress of artefacts currently being conserved in the laboratory can be followed in 'Current Artefacts', whilst other artefacts are discussed in relationship to the archaeological sites from which they originated ('The Swan and the Dartmouth' and 'The Alderney Wreck', which can be found in the archive). Older material has been moved into the 'Archive', so you may wish to look there if this is your first visit to this web site. Latest page additions can be found under 'NEW'.

These pages were last updated in August 1998. If there are any problems please contact Barry on bk1@st-and.ac.uk