A Final Report on the Assessment of Archaeological Collections Stored by Archaeological Services, UMASS Amherst

Author(s): Dennis Piechota

Year: 2008

Summary

This report describes the survey that was undertaken to evaluate the condition of

the archaeological collections housed and curated by Archaeological Services within

the Department of Anthropology of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

(UMA). It is limited to those collections acquired as a result of state and federally

funded transportation-related projects. While this does not include all

archaeological collections at the UMA facility it does cover the bulk of artifacts in

storage. Separate reports have been prepared for those collections housed at the

Boston Landmarks Commission and the Massachusetts Historical Commission.

Cite this Record

A Final Report on the Assessment of Archaeological Collections Stored by Archaeological Services, UMASS Amherst. Dennis Piechota. 2008 ( tDAR id: 368386) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FJ2FND

Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Historic • Woodland

Material
Building Materials • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Metal

Site Name
State of Massachusetts Transportation-Related Collections

Site Type
Archaeological Collection

Investigation Types
Collections Research • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Collections Management • Conservation Analysis • Curation and Management Study

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Prehistoric

Spatial Coverage

min long: -73.279; min lat: 41.566 ; max long: -70.499; max lat: 42.739 ;

Notes

Redaction Note: Appendix C - "Completed Forms" has been omitted from this report and is available from the author upon request.

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