Lynne P. Sullivan is curator of archaeology at the Frank H. McClung Museum and research associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee. S. Terry Childs is an archaeologist in the Archeology and Ethnography Program of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C.
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 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
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
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I 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
