A variety of PDFs for preparators are listed here. All contributions are made by SVP members. View and download Preparators' session and poster presentations from past SVP annual meetings, how-to guides and Materials & Methods FAQs, and other references from meetings and publications beyond SVP. You can submit your past presentation(s) anytime. Please consider making your presentation(s) available online.
Preparators' Symposia & Session Presentations from Past Meetings
Presentations are divided into categories used in the Bibliography of Fossil Preparation and Collection Care.
Preparation
Adhesives, consolidants, fill materials
Acid preparation, chemical techniques
Conservation and preservation
Collecting and field techniques
Molding and casting
Museology [collections, storage, documentation, environmental control, shipping and handling]
Exhibits, mounting, reconstructions
Pyrite, salts, mineral problems, radioactivity
Miscellaneous
Preparation
Monica M. Bugbee and William J Wilkins, The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, Hot Springs, SD. 2018
Trine Sørensen, Museum of Southern Jutland, Gram, Denmark. 2014
Amy Davidson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2008
Jean-Pierre Cavigelli, Tate Museum, Casper, WY. 2007
Gary Jackson, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH. 2007
Donald De Blieux, Salt Lake City, UT; James Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT; Alan Titus, Bureau of Land Management, Kanab, UT. 2006
Adhesives, Consolidants, Fill Materials
Akiko Shinya, Constance J. Van Beek, Peter Makovicky, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. 2019
Suzann Goldberg and Amy Davidson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2014
Amy Davidson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2009
Shawn Haugrud and Brian Compton, East Tennessee Museum of Natural History, Gray, TN. 2008
Acid Preparation, Chemical Techniques
Carlos Padilla and Mary Parra, Fundacion Colombiana de Geobiologia, Bogota, Colombia. 2009
Christina Maywin, Joseph Groenke, and Doug Boyer, Department of Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Story Brook, NY and Jonathan Bloch, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL . 2004
Conservation and Preservation
William J Wilkins, Monica Bugbee and Elizabeth Storms, The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD, Inc., Hot Springs, SD. 2018
Vicen Carrio, Geological Conservator/Preparator, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Silvia Da Rocha and Nicholas Fraser, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 2014
Collecting and Field Techniques
Vicen Carrio, National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2016
Don DeBlieux, Jim Kirkland, and Scott Madsen, Utah Geological Survey, UT. 2013
Marilyn Fox, Faysal Bibi, and Andrew Hill, Yale University, New Haven, CT. 2008
Molding and Casting
Michael Cherney, William Sanders, Philip Gingerich, and Iyad Zalmout, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Mohamed Antar, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, Wadi-Al-Hitan World Heritage Site, Fayum, Egypt. 2009
William Sanders, John Graff, Iyad Zalmout, Munir Ul-Haq, and Philip Gingerich, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, MI. 2008
Amber Heard, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; John Graf, William Sanders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 2007
Jeff Person, Charles Baker, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK. 2007
Gregory Brown, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE. 2005
Amy Davidson and Lisa Kronthal, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Rachael Perkins Arenstein, Conservator in Private Practice, New York, NY. 2004
Museology [Collections, Storage, Documentation, Environmental Control, Shipping, and Handling]
Michael Stache, Alexander Hastings, and Meinolf Hellmund, Martin-Luther-Universität Hall-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany. 2014
Matthew Smith, Kimberly, OR. 2007
Amy Davidson, Samantha Alderson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Marilyn Fox, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT. 2006
ReBecca Hunt, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL. 2006
Steve J. Jabo, Peter A. Kroehler, and F. V. Grady, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. 2005
- A technique to create form-fitted, padded plaster jackets for conserving vertebrate fossil specimens
Rachel Benton, Badlands National Park; Ann Elder, Dinosaur National Monument. 2005
Marilyn Fox and Vicki Yarborough Fitzgerald, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT. 2004
Exhibits, Mounting, Reconstructions
Sue Beardmore and Janet Trythall, Elgin Museum, Elgin, United Kingdom. 2014
Robert Evander, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2009
Pyrite, Salts, Mineral Problems, Radioactivity
Akiko Shinya, Lisa Bergwall, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL. 2007
Miscellaneous
Michelle Pinsdorf, Steve Jabo, Abby Telfer, Peter Kroehler, Amanda Millhouse, and Matthew Miller, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, United States of America. 2014
- Repurposing the purposeful: Re-training fossil preparators in vertebrate mount dismantling and conservation(Supplemental data: Fossil Lab Deep Time Training- Specimen Housing Workshop) (Supplemental data: Fossil Lab Deep Time Training- Specimen Housing Workshop)
Preparators' Workshops from Past Meetings
Joanne Wilkinson, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia. 2019
- Fossil Preparation, Conservation, Replication and Storage Techniques
(If SVP members wish to obtain a free copy of the 2019 SVP Workshop notes provided to participants as part of the Fossil Preparation, Conservation, Replication and Storage Techniques workshop, please contact the Queensland Museum Geosciences staff.)
Erin Fitzgerald, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2017
- Photography and Photoshop 101, Digital imaging techniques and post processing basics for specimen data capture (Photography 101 and Photoshop 101)
How-To Guides and Materials & Methods FAQs
Don DeBlieux, Jim Kirkland, and Scott Madsen, Utah Geological Survey, UT. 2013
Ian Morrison, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. 2007
Preparators' Committee
References Beyond SVP
Peter K Reser, Paleo-Tech, Albuquerque, NM, and Scott Williams, Petrified National Forest, AZ. 2009
Thomas C. Nolan, Robert L. Atkingson, and Bryan Small. 2008. Presented at the First Annual Fossil Preparation and Collections Symposium.
Carrió, V. and Stevenson, S. From a presentation during the NOOX3 (a conference on anoxic and reduced oxygen environments hosted by the British Library and the Natural History Museum), London, 2003
Carrió, V. and S. Stevenson; pp. 32-38 in J. Townsend, K. Eremin, and A. Adriaens (eds.), Conservation Science 2002: Papers from the Conference Held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 22-24 May 2002. Archetype, London. 2003.
Stevenson, S. and Carrió, V. From a presentation during the 11th Symposium of Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation (SPPC), Cambridge, 2002.
Richard L. Cifelli (ed.) Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 96-4. P.1-36. 1996
This PDF includes two articles:
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- Cifelli, R. L. ; Madsen, S. K.; and Larson, E. M. 1996. Screenwashing and associated recovery techniques for the recovery of microvertebrate fossils, in Cifelli, R. L. (ed.), Techniques for recovery and preparation of microvertebrate fossils: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 96-4 P.1-24.
- Madsen, S. K. 1996. Some techniques and procedures for microvertebrate preparation, in Cifelli, R. L. (ed.), Techniques for recovery and preparation of microvertebrate fossils: Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 96-4 P.25-36.
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Anne S. Elder, Cathy Wenz, and Scott Madsen. 1998. In J. Martin, J. Hoganson, and R. Benton (eds.), Proceedings for the Fifth conference on Fossil Resources, 5:141-143.