Although a little more specialized check out the following book, I think
you will find it to be quite helpful:

Dorrell, Peter, G., 1989. Photography in Archaeology and Conservation.
Cambridge University Press: New York, Cambridge, Sydney, Melbourne, New
Rochelle.

Holly Lundberg
Associate Conservator
Department of Anthropology
Field Museum
Roosevelt Rd. at Lakeshore Dr.
Chicago, IL 60605

 At 11:17 AM 8/4/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>A few weeks back I posted an query to the listserv about digital cameras for
>photographing artifacts.  I want to thank everyone who responded, I received
>a lot of very helpful information.  Some of the cameras mentioned were the
>Nikon Coolpix 950, the Olympus C-2000 and the Minolta T400; I think we are
>leaning toward the Nikon at this point.
>
>As an archive, we have not had a lot of experience taking pictures of
>artifacts.  We would like to make the process as professional as possible,
>but do not have a great deal of money to spend.  Can anyone recommend a
>reference that gives the basics of artifact photography including such
>things as type of lighting, placement of lighting, selection of backdrops,
>positioning of the artifact, etc.?  Hopefully with this type of information
>we can make the most of our resources and produce good quality images for
>use on the web.
>
>Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Chip
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