Next Meeting of the Pre-Columbian Society
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 1:30 PM,
Room 345
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:
Lynn Grant, Head Conservator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum:
"Conservation without Borders: Conservation Consultations in
Honduras and Guatemala"
In
2009, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
conservator, Lynn Grant, was called upon to act as a consulting
conservator for two exciting new finds of Maya material: the Oropendula
tomb, excavated by Ricardo Algurcia Fasquelle (featured on the front
page of the August 2009 Issue of Archaeology Magazine) and the unique
group of terracotta figurines from a tomb at El Peru-Waka in
Guatemala. Lynn will discuss the wonderful artifacts and people
she had a chance to work with, amid the background of tunnel
gymnastics, bureaucratic snafus, a political coup, and all the usual
impediments to getting anything done.
Lynn
Grant has been Head Conservator at the University of Pennsylvania
Museum since July, 2008. She received her degree in
Archaeological Conservation from the Institute of Archaeology,
University of London, England in 1985 and a B.A. in Classical Studies
in 1976. Ms Grant joined The University of Pennsylvania Museum's
Conservation Laboratory in 1988 as conservator for loans and Traveling
Exhibits. Prior to that, she had worked as a conservator in Canada,
England, and Hong Kong, and done on‑site field conservation in Italy,
Greece, Turkey, and Jordan. Ms Grant is a Professional Associate
of the American Institute for Conservation. Since coming to the Museum
she has worked summer field seasons at the excavations at Troy, Turkey
from 1990 to 1994, and has participated in the Museum's excavation
seasons at Copan, Honduras from 1995 to 2002. She is author of
The Maya Vase Conservation Project, a book about a special conservation
project at the Museum.
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