- Wikidata identifier:
- Q1704043
- Part of:
- York Archaeological Trust
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 56
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q1704043/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Archaeology Collection
100,000 small finds of metal- iron, copper-alloy, lead-alloy, silver and gold; vertebrate hard tissue – bone, antler, horn and ivory; textile, wood, leather and other organics. There are 9,000 environmental soil samples and 7,000 boxes of ceramics, animal bone and building materials. The collection is very large consisting of 100,000 small finds of metal- iron, copper-alloy, lead-alloy, silver and gold; vertebrate hard tissue – bone, antler, horn and ivory; textile, wood, leather and other organics. There are 9,000 environmental soil samples and 7,000 boxes of ceramics, animal bone and building materials. There are handling, reference and research collections at ARC and the conservation laboratories and the curatorial and research departments.
Subjects
Archaeology
Social History Collection
Architecture. 2,000 architectural stone and structural timbers.
Subjects
Social History
Archives Collection
An associated documentary archive consists of site records, plans, photographs and related information.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC