Excavating the Museum: New Research on Old Collections
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)
Most anthropology or natural history museums have hidden treasures in their collections, materials collected but not published or inadequately published. Many of these collections have never been completely analyzed or described or been used to address in-depth research questions. These overlooked artifacts, many of which date to the early years of our profession, warrant reexamination using current theoretical approaches and research methods. In this symposium, presenters working with older archaeological research collections of textiles, baskets, footwear, cordage, and other perishable artifacts, as well as more durable materials, discuss their new findings and interpretations of these long-forgotten resources.
Other Keywords
Conservation •
Museum Collections •
Perishables •
Aztec •
Earl Morris •
Aztec Ruins •
Museum •
Basketry •
Textiles •
Description
Geographic Keywords
North America - Southwest •
South America •
Mesoamerica •
Europe •
North America - NW Coast/Alaska •
North America - Southeast
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Aztec Imperial Strategies in Guerrero, Mexico: Evaluating the Greengo Collection from the Burke Museum, Seattle (2016)
Forgotten but Not Gone: Restoring the Research Potential of Older Perishable Artifact Collections from Southeastern Utah (2016)
Funerary Bundles from the Storeroom: Conservation Choices and Research Opportunities in Alejandro Pezzia’s Salvage Collections. (2016)
The Orphaned Archaeological Collections and its Place in the Modern Museum: A Case Study from Tell Hadidi, Syria (2016)
Poorly Provenienced Perishables at the USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum: New Directions for Old Utah Collections (2016)
Re-Awakening a 2,000 Year Old Salish Sea Basketry Tradition: Master Salish Basketmaker and Wet Site Archaeologist Explore 100 Generations of Cultural Knowledge (2016)