HOUGHTON, Michigan — Archaeologist Tim Scarlett, of Michigan Technological University’s Department of Social Sciences wants an ironclad way to preserve artifacts in order “to curate into perpetuity.”
Scarlett’s world is filled with discarded iron items on industrial sites—all artifacts whose very nature is to corrode and break down, a process that spells ruin for preservationists.
Scarlett and chemical engineering professor Gerard Caneba have received $25,000 from the National Park Service to research methods to combat rust.
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