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Cost Notes - Page 2 Wash/Clean: Washing is geared to remove excess dirt to permit cataloging rather than restore the items to display condition. This phase will also include comparison of field inventory information with individual bag armotations prior to washing. The washing and drying phase require attention to retaining field numbers in order to retain locational/context information. The field inventory descriptions generally do not permit number "matching". Washing will be completed by an Archaeologist assisted by any Redwood City volunteers who wish to work at Basin's lab or wash collection materials at a facility in Redwood City Collections Organization: Organization of the collection boxes to reflect the field artifact inventory (e.g., date order). Documentation Review: Review of the project task statement, any fietdnotes, Daily Work Reports (DWRs), and field artifact inventory, etc. These documents provide information as to artifacts/samples collected in the field (e.g., paper, metal, basketry, etc. not to be washed; oversized objects; missing objects and so on). Cataloging and Identification/Research: This task, the primary responsibility of the Research Scientist (Dr. Donna Garaventa), is to identify the objects in the collection and research their background for both the catalog and the final report. It is planned to catalog directly from washing trays when dry (not boxed and stored for an interi.m period). Cataloging involves affixing or placing a catalog number on or with an object and completing a description of the item. If a repository has been designated, the repository is consulted and their catalog numbering system used. If not, the field inventory numbers are retained (e.g., date-individual object number; 7/19/03-1; 7/19/03-2) with additional numbers assigned as needed. Small or broken items will be placed in plastic bags as appropriate. Catalog identification and descriptions are geared to a minimum number of physical attributes such as class of object, type, material, product/manufacturer's information, date of object, measurements if appropriate, etc., and occasionally condition along with measurements. Computerization of the descriptions is concurrent to facilitate searching for duplicate or similar objects. Sample identifications are provided below: Sample Catalog Descriptions: 2/9/96-4 Bottle missing finish and most neck, Alcoholic type, brandy finish, brown glass; embossed shoulder "C. Fg..ABBOTT & CO. BALTIMORE" and repeated around the periphery of the base with a faint "62"/"F"/"3"; 8" h, 2 3/8" base dia. Attribution - Product: C.W. Abbott & Company of Baltimore, Maryland produced a bitters advertised as early as 1850. By 1886, the company was listed as a wholesale drug firm dealing in Angostura Bitters and extracts and by 1893, the firm advertised as the "Mnfrs of the original Angostura Bitters". Abbott's Bitters were available in 1909, as advertised in the 1909 directory. In 1919 they were listed under Patent Medicines and by 1942 as "A Condiment for Food and Beverage". The fLrm was dissolved or absorbed by 1956 (Schulz et al. 1980:47-48 after various sources; Fike 1987:50). BASIN RESEARCH ASSOCIATES