A Final Report on the Assessment of Transportation-Related Collections Stored by the Massachusetts Historical Commission

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 the Massachusetts Historical

Commission within the State Archives building at 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA

02125. It is limited to those collections acquired as a result of state and federally

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

MHC it does cover the bulk of artifacts in storage. Separate reports have been

prepared for those collections housed at the Boston Landmarks Commission and

UMass Amherst.

Cite this Record

A Final Report on the Assessment of Transportation-Related Collections Stored by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. Dennis Piechota. 2008 ( tDAR id: 368387) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8765CDR

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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