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Welcome to the team: Alastair Threlfall!
1 November 2019
This week we introduce Alastair Threlfall who has recently joined us at Archaeology South-East. Alastair is an Archaeological Conservator, so he鈥檒l be caring for some of the most exciting finds from our excavations.
Alastair's job will involve preventive conservation, monitoring the recovery and storage of finds to minimise the risk of damage and ensure they鈥檙e kept in the best environments possible. This includes climate and pest control of our stores!
He will also be carrying out interventive conservation, using remedial treatments such as cleaning and stabilising delicate artefacts, and undertaking materials analysis, in order to maximise object survival and understanding
Working towards these goals he鈥檒l be working collaboratively with other members of the post-excavation team as finds progress from site to analysis, archive and/or display.
A graduate from the Durham Conservation Master鈥檚 program, in recent years Alastair has worked as a contract archaeologist and conservator on projects in Brazil. While abroad he has been working on projects excavating 鈥渂lack earth" sites in the Amazon, colonial and industrial sites in Brazil鈥檚 interior, and marine wreck sites in coastal waters.
Alastair says he鈥檚 鈥渆xcited to be returning to UK archaeology and contributing to the work of a large and vibrant archaeological unit鈥� 鈥� and we鈥檙e excited to have him!