Recovery
Placeholder copy. Each piece begins as it was found -- unwashed, unsorted, photographed in place before anything is touched. This first stage is about documentation, not restoration.
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Reconstruction
Placeholder copy. Where fragments belong together, they are set only as far as the evidence allows -- visible joins are left visible, and gaps are left as gaps.
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Cleaning
Placeholder copy. Cleaning is done by hand, under magnification, with the smallest tools that will do the job. The aim is to reveal what is already there, not to accidentally add anything back.
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Recovery
Placeholder copy. Each piece begins as it was found -- unwashed, unsorted, photographed in place before anything is touched. This first stage is about documentation, not restoration.
Placeholder copy. Sample text describing the recovery stage of the process in more detail, to be replaced later.