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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 7066738, member: 8267&quot;]Having worked with a collection that included archeological material collected over 100 years ago, I can say you will see a variety of cataloging methods used by individual collectors and museums. And yes, unfortunately, many numbers have been inked directly onto artifacts. As professional museum practices developed, they have tried to achieve the contradictory goals of applying a permanent identification number without permanently defacing the objects, using systems such as say_it_slowly described. </p><p><br /></p><p>Archeology has lagged in such standards, as much of the work has to be done in the field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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