Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: How I Learned to Stop Digging and Love Old Collections Part III
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: How I Learned to Stop Digging and Love Old Collections Part III," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
What value are old collections that sit in a repository collecting dust and rust? If we are retaining objects simply for the sake of doing so, then their potential for providing new insights is zero. The field mantra of “keep everything” is at times the bane of any curation facility that has a mandate to care for its collections in perpetuity. Yet, researchers are finding new ways to re-examine and scrutinize long forgotten collections that continue to provide new insights about the past. This session sponsored by the SHA’s Committee on Collections and Curation, explores the continuing expansion of collections-based research in historical archaeology.
Other Keywords
Conservation •
Photogrammetry •
Collections •
Maritime •
Plantations •
Landscape •
Digital •
acidification
Geographic Keywords
Mid-Atlantic •
Manhattan, NY, USA
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Analysis of the Oval Planting Beds at Poplar Forest: Five Collections Spanning Almost 30 Years (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: How I Learned to Stop Digging and Love Old Collections Part III" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2019, the Department of Archaeology and Landscapes at Poplar Forest completed excavations of an oval planting bed in front of Thomas Jefferson’s retreat home. These excavations abutted at least three previous projects. This central oval bed was framed by two additional...
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Comparing Printing Methods for Artifact Conservation (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: How I Learned to Stop Digging and Love Old Collections Part III" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. As photogrammetric and 3D printing technology becomes more accessible, 3D artifact replicas are now more common used at museums and in public engagement programs of all types. These items prove to be successful interpretive tools as they offer tangible experiences with items...
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Saving Princess Carolina: Current Condition and Treatment Research of Sulfur-affected Maritime Timbers (2021)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Boxed but not Forgotten Redux or: How I Learned to Stop Digging and Love Old Collections Part III" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Princess Carolina was an 18th century transatlantic trading vessel that was partially excavated and conserved in the early 1980’s. In 1985, over 330 timbers from the ship’s bow structure were brought to The Mariners’ Museum and Park where they have remained in storage since. In...