TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme
TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme
TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Judith Plouviez<br />
Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service<br />
Adrian Popescu<br />
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge<br />
Nicola Powell<br />
Formerly Finds Liaison Officer, Devon;<br />
Museum of London Archaeology Service<br />
Peter Reavill<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Herefordshire and Shropshire<br />
Mark Redknap<br />
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales<br />
Andrew Richardson<br />
Formerly Finds Liaison Officer, Kent<br />
Ben Roberts<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
James Robinson<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
Nicola Rogers<br />
York Archaeological Trust<br />
Andrew Rogerson<br />
Identification and Recording Service,<br />
Norfolk Museums Service<br />
Judy Rudoe<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
Wendy Scott<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Leicestershire<br />
Paul Sealey<br />
Colchester Museums Service<br />
Stephen Sherlock<br />
Teesside Archaeological Society<br />
David Shotter<br />
Lancaster University<br />
Mark Simmons<br />
Tees Archaeology<br />
Faye Simpson<br />
Formerly Finds Liaison Officer, London<br />
A Sogos<br />
Finds Liaison Assistant, Wiltshire<br />
Kate Sutton<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, London<br />
Dora Thornton<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
David Thorold<br />
Verulamium Museum, St Albans<br />
Anna Tyacke<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Cornwall<br />
Gillian Varndell<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
Lisa Voden Decker<br />
Formerly British Museum, Treasure Registrar<br />
Philippa Walton<br />
Formerly Finds Liaison Officer, Cambridgeshire<br />
Julian Watters<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire<br />
Sara Wear<br />
Warwickshire Museum<br />
Rob Webley<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Hampshire<br />
Leslie Webster<br />
Formerly British Museum, Department of Prehistory<br />
and Europe<br />
N Wells<br />
Albion Archaeology<br />
Alan West<br />
Norwich Castle Museum<br />
David Williams<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Surrey<br />
Gareth Williams<br />
British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals<br />
Jonathan Williams<br />
British Museum, Department of Prehistory and Europe<br />
Rachel Wood<br />
Finds Liaison Assistant, Wiltshire<br />
Danielle Wootton<br />
Finds Liaison Officer, Devon<br />
Sally Worrell<br />
Finds Adviser, <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Antiquities</strong> <strong>Scheme</strong>;<br />
University College London<br />
Susan Youngs<br />
University College London<br />
Editors<br />
Caroline Barton and Fi Hitchcock, British Museum<br />
NoTE oN TREAsuRE AN<strong>AL</strong>ysEs<br />
Treasure analyses at the Department of Conservation<br />
and Scientific Research, British Museum, are carried<br />
out by Susan La Niece and Antony Simpson, using<br />
non-destructive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF).<br />
Treasure analyses at the Department of Archaeology<br />
& Numismatics, National Museum of Wales, are<br />
carried out by Mary Davis, using a scanning electron<br />
microscope with energy dispersive x-ray analysis (SEM<br />
EDX), with a low vacuum chamber where necessary.<br />
The surfaces of the objects are often corroded, even<br />
when not visibly so. The analysis is mainly of the<br />
surface and, whilst adequate in the majority of cases to<br />
establish for the purposes of the Treasure Act whether<br />
an object contains more than 10 per cent of precious<br />
metal, the percentages quoted are approximate and<br />
may not be an accurate analysis of the whole object.<br />
Gemstone identifications at the British Museum<br />
are undertaken by Janet Ambers, using a Raman<br />
microscope (Dilor LabRam equipped with a Nd:YAG<br />
green laser at 532nm and a near infrared diode laser<br />
at 785nm), and by standard gemmological techniques<br />
where appropriate.<br />
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