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Hello everyone, I am re-housing archaeological objects, and I was hoping for some advice, specifically for charcoal, burned organic material. Currently the charcoal is housed in plastic bags (poly) in a box. There are smaller pieces housed in vials (plastic). Thank you so much! Any information is appreciated!

Hi, Darsita- we use cylindrical glass vials of various sizes with screw top caps (available from Fisher Scientific/Carolina Biological/Grainger) for charcoal, egg shell, botanicals, etc. We then carefully top them off with wadded acid-free tissue to prevent the artifacts from shifting. Lastly, we place the vial in a poly bag labeled with pertinent information.

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Marie Prentice
Collections Manager
Florida Bureau of Archaeological Research
Tallahassee FL

Original Message:
Sent: 08-24-2023 11:28
From: Darsita North
Subject: Charcoal

Hello everyone, I am re-housing archaeological objects, and I was hoping for some advice, specifically for charcoal, burned organic material. Currently the charcoal is housed in plastic bags (poly) in a box. There are smaller pieces housed in vials (plastic). Thank you so much! Any information is appreciated!