Revealing how Plains Indians traversed the Washakie Wilderness By: Alyssa Rina and Kate Breitenstein At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (The Center), Conservation interns Alyssa Rina, Kate Breitenstein, Sarah Freshnock, and Brianna Connaghan are working closely with anthropologist Dr. Larry Todd, Research Associate for the Draper Museum, to diligently analyze 200 obsidian lithics […]
This summer the conservation interns have had the wonderful opportunity to work on a research project, cataloging and interpreting data on Alexander Phimister Proctor’s bronzes. Proctor’s grandson Sandy Church and the Chief Scientist at Bruker Elemental Dr. Bruce Kaiser have been collecting X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) data and researching bronze foundries for the last three years […]
The Bruker XRF instrument In early August, the conservation interns participated in an XRF (x-ray florescence) training session with Dr. Bruce Kaiser. Dr. Kaiser is the inventor of the Bruker® XRF instrument, used in countless conservation labs around the world. The instrument is a valuable tool in the field of conservation, as well as others, […]