Skeleton Preparation Workshop

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Natural Science Collections Association (NatSCA)

How to prepare bird and mammal skeletons for collections
A day-long course in animal skeleton preparation. 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.
Learn how to skin, separate the limbs from the body and head, deflesh and prepare small mammal and bird carcasses. 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. There will also be a chance to visit Historic England’s stunning zooarchaeology skeleton reference collection (<A HREF="https://www.historicengland.org.uk/research/methods/archaeology/zooarchaeology/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.historicengland.org.uk/research/methods/archaeology/zooarchaeology/</A>) and learn about the new National Zooarchaeological Reference Resource (<A HREF="http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/nzrr_he_2017/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/nzrr_he_2017/</A>). 
£100 NatSCA Members - please email <A HREF="mailto:membership@natsca.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">membership@natsca.org</A> for the promotional code. £150 Non NatSCA Members - to join NatSCA for £20 please email <A HREF="mailto:membership@natsca.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">membership@natsca.org</A> 
Coffee and lunch are included.
For any queries about this course please email <A HREF="mailto:training@natsca.org" TARGET="_blank" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">training@natsca.org</A>

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