This month's artifact started out as a mysterious and hotly debated object. After several years, we can finally put the mystery to rest with a positive identification.
Prior to coming to the QAR Lab as a research fellow, my experience with artifacts had been exclusively in a museum or repository setting.
Most people know the Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab as the place charged with the preservation of artifacts removed from this important archaeological site. This, however, is not our only responsibility.