Using and Curating Archaeological Collections / S. Terry Childs and Mark S. Warner, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Warner, Mark S., editor, contributor.

Childs, S. Terry, editor, contributor.

Society for American Archaeology, issuing body.

Series:

SAA Archaeology in Action

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Curatorship.

Museums--Collection management.

Archaeological museums and collections--Management.

collections management.

Museums.

Archaeological museums and collections.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations, graphs ;

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The Society for American Archaeology, 2019.

Summary:

All archaeologists have responsibilities to support the collections they produce, yet budgeting for and managing collections over the length of a project and beyond is not part of most archaeologists' training. While this book highlights major challenges that archaeologists and curators face with regards to collections, it also stresses the values, uses, and benefits of collections. It also demonstrates the continued significance of archaeological collections to the profession, tribes, and the public and provides critical resources to aid archaeologists in carrying out their responsibilities. Many lament that the archaeological record is finite and disappearing. In this context, collections are even more important to preserve for future use, and this book will help all stakeholders do so. -- from publisher's website.

Contents:

(from table of contents) Doing research with archaeological collections / Julia A. King

Tribal voices on archaeological collections / Angela Neller

Care, access and use: how NAGPRA has impacted collections management / Sheila Goff

Integrating curation training in academic programs and beyond / Danielle M. Benden

Collaborative mitigation: creative success stories using archaeological collections / Heather L. Olson and Ralph Bailey

Best practices for collections management planning / Teresita Majewski

Being a curator: revisiting the curation of archaeological collections from the field to the repository / Lynne P. Sullivan and S. Terry Childs

On whose grounds? the importance of determining ownership before there is a collection / Sara Rivers Cofield

Orphans on the shelf (and in the attic) / Heather L. Olson and Danielle R. Cathcart

The preservation and management of archaeological records / Sara Rivers Cofield and Teresita Majewski

The possibility of deaccessioning federal archaeological collections / S. Terry Childs

Every artifact is (not) sacred: a call to rethink historical archaeology's collection management assumptions and practices / Mark S. Warner

Dodging the repository money pit: the Iowa experience / John L. Cordell, John F. Doershuk, Stephen C. Lensink

Implications of limited collections policies and in-field analysis / Brian Crane and Michael Heilen

Finding what you need: resources for archaeological collections / compiled by Danielle M. Benden

Epilogue - behind the crimson curtain: a once and future tale of collections / Jenna Domeischel and Michael K. Trimble.

Notes:

"SAA archaeology in action."--Page 1 of printed paper wrapper.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780932839626

0932839622

OCLC:

1381092657