Miscellaneous Papers Concerning the Removal, Care, and Study of Archeological Specimens

Author(s): Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Basin Project

Year: 1961

Summary

Most of the papers and excerpts in this book were collected during the early days of the Missouri Basin Project. In some cases publication data apparently was not written down, or was written down only in part. Many of the specimen processing methods outlined here were developed specifically for museum use and are much better suited to that than to vastly different emergency laboratory demands. For this reason they have not been used as sources for this project. In fact, the only material in this book probably directly related to our processing procedures is in the section “Care of Archeological Specimens.” Nevertheless, all such information is good background and forms a valuable supplement to that provided by the project handbook. It is too bad that there is available so little like material, either supplemental or basic, concerning record making and maintenance. This is a gap that only archeologists themselves can close.

Cite this Record

Miscellaneous Papers Concerning the Removal, Care, and Study of Archeological Specimens. Smithsonian Institution, Missouri Basin Project. Smithsonian Institution. 1961 ( tDAR id: 391131) ; doi:10.6067/XCV88G8MNS

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Keywords

Material
Basketry • Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Fire Cracked Rock • Glass • Ground Stone • Hide • Human Remains • Metal • Shell • Textile • Wood

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis

General
Antler Objects • Brass Objects • Bronze Objects • Buckskin • Cleaning Bone • Cleaning Museum Objects • Cleaning Pottery • Cloth Objects • Copper Objects • Earthenware Objects • Feathers • Fur • Glass Objects • Gold Objects • Hair • Horn Objects • Iron Objects • Lead Objects • Leather • Pewter Objects • Preservation of Museum Objects • Rawhide • Repairing Bone • Repairing Pottery • Restoration of Museum Objects • Shell Objects • Silver Objects • Skulls • Stone Objects • Tapestry • Wood Objects Show More

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contributor(s): The British Museum; National Park Service; Ned F. Burns; Marion Dunlevy; William C. Orchard; Robert M. Adams; Howard Torrey; Douglas S. Byers; H.R. Antle; George E. Burns; J. Lawrence Angel; H.W. Gillett; Theodore E. White; Charles H. McNutt; Richard P. Wheeler

Prepared By(s): Missouri Basin Project

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