What is included with this book?
Series Editors' Foreword | p. vii |
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
A Brief History of Archaeological Curation in the United States | p. 5 |
The Museum Era of Archaeology: Nineteenth Century to the 1930s | |
Early Federal Archaeology Programs: 1930s and 1940s | |
The Postwar Construction Boom and the "New Archaeology": 1945 to 1970 | |
Making versus Caring for Collections: The 1970s and Beyond | |
Conclusion | |
The Current Status of Archaeological Collections | p. 23 |
Federal Legislation and Policy | |
Key Elements of the Curation Crisis | |
The Bright Side | |
Repositories: What Are They, and What Do They Do? | p. 45 |
Kinds of Repositories | |
What a Repository Does and Why | |
Responsibilities and Training of Repository Staff | |
Conclusion | |
Managing Curated Collections: The Basics | p. 59 |
Acquisitions Policies and Practices | |
Accessioning | |
Cataloging | |
Collections Preparation: Labeling and Conservation | |
Storage | |
Inventory Control and Data Management | |
Deaccessioning | |
Public Access and Use | |
Conclusion | |
Making a Collection: Fieldwork Practices and Curation Considerations | p. 79 |
Before the Field: Project Design | |
In the Field: Sampling and Conservation | |
In the Laboratory: Applying the Sampling Strategy and More Conservation | |
In Your Office after the Field Project: Records Management | |
Conclusion | |
Working with a Repository | p. 91 |
Arranging for Long-term Curation | |
Using Curated Collections | |
Conclusion | |
The Future of Archaeological Collections Curation | p. 103 |
Access: Collections in the Computer Age | |
Use of Curated Collections | |
The "Big Picture": Curated Collections as Samples of the Archaeological Record | |
Encouraging Repositories to Curate Representative Samples of the Archaeological Record | |
Coordinated Regional Planning | |
Support for Curating Archaeological Collections | |
Is It All Worth It? | |
Useful Internet Sites Related to Curating Archaeological Collections | p. 121 |
References | p. 127 |
Index | p. 141 |
About the Authors and Series Editors | p. 147 |
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