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NOTES ON THE SAFEGUARDING AND CONSERVING CULTURAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD                     35.

2.  In deciding whether to move objects or not, the following points should be taken into account:
  (i) All objects involved may not need to be moved.  Classify roughly the objects according to the risks of staying where they are, or of being moved.  But remember that some objects of which the material will normally stand up to a good deal, e.g. stone, may be very elaborate and delicate in construction, and so difficult and dangerous to move.
This classification will help to settle what must be moved, and what may be left; and at the same time will give some idea of the size and nature of the problem of moving.

(ii) Investigate the amount and sustainability of the packing material you can get.  (Methods of packing various types of objects, and the necessary materials, are considered in Section B7 following and in Part II.)

(iii) Investigate the means and quantity of transport available, and the kind of road it will have to use.  Unsprung, metal-tired wagons on unmade roads, are likely to damage delicate objects beyond repair.  Remember that army vehicles in general are not sufficiently well sprung to transport unpacked or unprotected object of a delicate or fragile type.