Curating Archaeological Collections: From the Field to the Repository

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Part 1 Series Editors' Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 1 Introduction Part 4 2 A Brief History of Archaeological Curation in the United States Chapter 5 The Museum Era of 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 / Part 6 3 The Current Status of Archaeological Collections Chapter 7 Federal Legislation and Policy / Key Elements of the Curation Crisis / The Bright Side Part 8 4 Repositories: What Are They, and What Do They Do? Chapter 9 Kinds of Repositories / What a Repository Does and Why / Responsibilities and Training of Repository Staff / Conclusion Part 10 5 Managing Curated Collections: The Basics Chapter 11 Acquistions Policies and Practices / Accessioning / Cataloging / Collections Preparation: Labeling and Conservation / Storage / Inventory Control and Data Management / Deaccessioning / Public Access and Use / Conclusion Part 12 6 Making a Collection: Fieldwork Practices and Curation Considerations Chapter 13 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 Part 14 7 Working with a Repository Chapter 15 Arranging for Long-term Curation / Using Curated Collections / Conclusion Part 16 8 The Future of Archaeological Collections Curation Chapter 17 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 Part 18 Appendix: Useful Internet Sites Relating to Curating Archaeological Collections Part 19 References Part 20 Index Part 21 About the Authors

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