A gestão e conservação de artefatos arqueológicos metálicos: o caso da intervenção arqueológica realizada na Residência Conselheiro Francisco Antunes Maciel – Pelotas, RS

Abstract

The archaeological intervention developed within the Monumenta Program in Residence Counselor Francisco Antunes Maciel (Pelotas) is characterized with issues related to archaeological management and conservation of archaeological materials. This study aimed to assess the state of conservation of archaeological metal artifacts recovered from the archaeological site of the Residence Counselor Francisco Antunes Maciel (Pelotas) put in LEPAARQ (Teaching and Research Laboratory for Anthropology and Archaeology), with emphasis on diagnostic procedures and proposals preventive conservation and curative conservation of these materials. The study was based on demonstrating the sphere of management of archaeological materials, for these can later be musealized and thus exposed to community within a social and historical context.