Lecture, one hour; laboratory, one hour. General introduction to different types of organic materials used to produce ethnographic and archaeological cultural heritage. Relationship between material composition, processing, and properties of natural and manufactured materials using basic concepts from biology and chemistry. Structural stability and deterioration phenomena of these materials as found in cultural collections. Letter grading.

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Instructor
Ellen J. Pearlstein
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19F 17F

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