Curator
human, present
Early-Anthropocene
Excavated Ephemera
Central Desert States
0002535 CE
These artefacts excavated from early Anthropocene climate refugee camps reveal the harshness of emigrants lives in transit. Daily survival struggles required ferocious scavenging for scarce resources in ever decreasing cycles of reuse, as evidenced by the remains of these repurposed containers.
Transferred to IMoB on the termination of the Amelia Edwards Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology.
IMoB 33143.3.
Curator
human, present
Early-Anthropocene
Ephemera of Excavation
Various locations
Although the important business of archaeology was conducted by qualified staff, there were many less skilled activities, such as repurposing packaging materials like these, that could have been conducted by men such as Flinders Petrie.
Tins and containers, recycled and repurposed
Gun fittings catalogue page
Hotch Potch preserve wrapping
Transferred to IMoB on the termination of the Amelia Edwards Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology.
IMoB 33143.3.