A day-long course in animal skeleton preparation. Learn how to skin, separate the limbs from the body and head, deflesh and prepare small mammal and bird carcasses. Historic England (HE) has an extensive, and growing, collection of animal skeletons that are used by zooarchaeologists for reference. They are therefore experts in preparing skeletons and are delivering this course for NatSCA in Portsmouth in July. Eva Fairnell and Polydora Baker will take you through the steps from carcass to skeleton using material at HE. The course covers everything apart from articulation.
NatSCA's Upcoming Events and Workshops
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Skeleton Preparation Workshop
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 -09:30 to 16:00Historic England, Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth -
Caring for Natural Science Collections: A one day conference exploring advances in conservation
Wednesday, October 17, 2018 -09:00 to 17:30Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryNatSCA is hosting a one-day conference dedicated to conservation and its role in advancing the care of specimens, objects and archives that form our natural science collections. Often considered to be a very specific subject area, in reality this field is highly diverse. Natural science conservation deals with a huge range of collections and materials, preserving the bio- and geo-diversity of our world, along with the associated archives, objects and stories linked to these collections.
Other events you may be interested in
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History of the British Fauna: wild and domestic vertebrates
Monday, July 16, 2018 - 09:00 to Thursday, July 19, 2018 - 17:00University of Sheffield