JAIC 1998, Volume 37, Number 1, Article 5 (pp. 49 to 67)
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JAIC 1998, Volume 37, Number 1, Article 5 (pp. 49 to 67)

OBSOLETE FILL MATERIALS FOUND ON CERAMICS

STEPHEN KOOB




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AUTHOR INFORMATION

STEPHEN P. KOOB received an M.A. (1976) in Classical Archaeology from Indiana University and a B.Sc. (1980) in Archaeological Conservation and Materials Science from the Institute of Archaeology, University of London. He spent five years as conservator of the Agora Excavations with the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece. In 1986 he started as conservator, specializing in ceramics and glass, at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. He has also done extensive private work, re-treating Greek vases for the Walters Art Gallery, the University of Pennsylvania Museum, Princeton Art Museum and The Yale University Art Gallery. Address: Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.


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