This paper aims to carry a survey of the actual practices in the management and conservation of archaeological finds in the cantons of Switzerland and questions the position of preventive conservation in the archaeological process. It puts into perspective a theoretical approach of preventive conservation in archaeology, the point of view and experience of practitioners belonging to the world of...
In the last 20 years, the preventive conservation within the topic of the cultural property protection increased highly in significance. It is dealing with the « outside » factors of the conservation of objects, for example the relative humidity and the temperature, without interfering with the methods of restoration. Thus, the archaeological service of the canton Bern (ADB) possesses an...