Boxed but not Forgotten (Again!): The Importance of Collections-Driven Research
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2018
For the past several years SHA's Committee on Collections and Curation has emphasized the importance to the profession of continuing to use the collections that fill our repositories. It is tremendously important scholars today to continue to demonstrate the value of the archaeological materials that are in our respositories -- emphasizing both research value and the value that these collections have to communities. The session is intended to highlight the research potential of our collections as well as demonstrate outside-the-box thinking of what constitute an archaeological collection. The session is also part of the continuing work of the Committee on Collections and Curation to raise awareness of the significance of archaeological collections-- and by implication the importance of adequately curating our excavated heritage.
Other Keywords
Collections •
Trade •
Research Potential •
Economy •
Material Culture •
Commercial •
Collections Management •
Urban Archaeology •
Teaching •
Colonialism
Temporal Keywords
Nineteenth Century •
19th Century •
17th Century •
18th - 19th Century •
early nineteenth century •
Archaic through Late Nineteenth Century •
1660-1740
Geographic Keywords
North America •
Massachusetts (State / Territory) •
New York (State / Territory) •
New Hampshire (State / Territory) •
Idaho (State / Territory) •
Maine (State / Territory) •
Wisconsin (State / Territory) •
Michigan (State / Territory) •
Washington (State / Territory) •
Minnesota (State / Territory)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-10 of 10)
- Documents (10)
- Feature 43: Re-examining Cultural Relationships and Trade in 17th Century Charlestown, MA (2018)
- Kitchen Space in the Wing of Offices at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest (2018)
- Organization, Tracking, And Metadata: Bar Coding For Collections Management (2018)
- Out of the Box: Thinking of Cemeteries as Collections Storage Facilities (2018)
- Pills and Potions at the Niagara Apothecary, Canada (2018)
- Reassessing the Ballajá Archaeological Collection (2018)
- Revisiting Providence Cove Lands: Lessons in Curation and the Potential of Existing Collections. (2018)
- Revisiting Snowtown: A 21st Century Analysis of the North Shore Site in Providence, Rhode Island (2018)
- Searching for Clarity (and Lead) in Colorless Colonial Glass Tableware from Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck (2018)
- Tales From the Front Line: Politics, Teaching, and Museum Collections (2018)