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Friday, March 29, 2013
Maersk refrigeration containers used to conserve archeological artifacts
High-tech Star Cool refrigeration containers from Maersk Container Industry are being used for the conservation of delicate archeological artifacts in Germany.
New housing construction in Lübeck, Germany unearthed an ancient wooden structure. A rescue excavation on the UNESCO world heritage site revealed a wooden storage cellar from 1180. Crops once stored in the cellar reportedly included hops and cereals that might provide insight into medieval German beer production.
Artifacts of this kind will decay and disintegrate if, during relocation, they are exposed to radically different temperature and humidity.
“Star Cool was chosen because of its extremely precise temperature and atmospheric control. Such precision is a must if you want to preserve sensitive cultural assets like wet organic structures,” says conservator Maruchi Yoshida who is associated with the Fraunhofer-Institute for Building Physics and Leibniz-Gemeinschaft to manage the reefer container project, ARCHe.
Maersk’s ARCHe pilot test may yield new business models.
“We are looking at a business plan for a company that on short notice can provide conservation services and reefers upon sudden discovery of new archeological sites,” said Yoshida. “Such a company would benefit both urban developers and cultural heritage care offices, but above all the society to whom the cultural heritage belongs.”
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