Department of Defense and US Army Corps of Engineers Curation Options Project, Eastern States

Summary

This report examines various options for the curation of archaeological materials that are stewarded by the Department of Defense (DoD). Archaeological materials have been generated by over 50 years of archaeological investigations required by law, and many collections have been gathered from lands held by the DoD and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Adequate curation of these collections is mandated by federal regulations, most importantly 36 CFR Part 79—Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections. Previously, funding had not been allocated for the proper curation of these materials. As a result, most collections have not received adequate long-term care. The DoD and USACE funded this project to seek a solution to this nationwide problem.

Museums, universities, and state-funded institutions already have facilities in place to curate archaeological collections. Rather than duplicate efforts, such institutions were sought out for potential partnership with DoD and USACE. The mission was to identfy potential partners, evaluate their capabilities to manage the archaeological collections, and to collect baseline administrative information associated with such an endeavor. The results for the eastern U.S. are presented here. A previous report presents results of institutions in the western half of the U.S.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• USACE (MCX-CMAC) - Other Reports

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Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Landowner(s): Department of Defense; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sponsor(s): Legacy Resource Management Program; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Repository(s): ARC-1 Building - Center for Archaeological Studies, University of South Alabama; ARC-2 Building - Center for Archaeological Studies, University of South Alabama; Erskine Ramsay Archaeological Repository - Office of Archaeological Services, University of Alabama; David L. DeJarnette Archaeological Laboratory - Office of Archaeological Services, University of Alabama; Laboratory for Human Osteology - Office of Archaeological Services, University of Alabama; Arkansas Archaeological Survey - Room 113; University Museum, University of Arkansas; Institute for American Indian Studies, Connecticut; Masa; The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT; Dodd Research Center - Office of State Archaeology, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut; Building 5 - Office of State Archaeology, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut; Delaware State Museums; Building 49 - Archaeology Institute, University of West Florida; Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida; The Graves Museum of Archaeology and Natural History, Dania, Florida; Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, Florida.; McLeod warehouse - The Orange County Historical Museum, Orlando, Florida.; 1927 Orange County Courthouse - The Orange County Historical Museum, Orlando, Florida.; A. J. Waring Archaeology Laboratory, State University of West Georgia; Riverbend Research Facility - Laboratory of Archaeology, University of Georgia; The Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, Illinois; Research and Collection Center - Illinois State Museum; Burkhardt building, Room 005, Archaeological Resources Management Service - Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Illinois; Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University; Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University; The Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, Indianapolis, Indiana; The Northern Indian Center for History, South Bend, Indiana; Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa; Putnam Museum of Science and Natural History, Davenport, Iowa; Building 34, Room 8 - Program of Archaeology, University of Louisville; Building 34, Room 4 - Program of Archaeology, University of Louisville; Tobacco Warehouse - W. S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky; Exhibit Facility - W. S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky; The Maine State Museum, Augusta, Maine; Highlands Center - Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts; The Archaeological Commission of Saginaw County, Saginaw, Michigan; 4th Floor - Archaeology Section, Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, Michigan; Kipke Building - Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan; STAR building - Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Michigan; Curation Laboratory - Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi; Cobb Institute building - Cobb Institute of Archaeology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi; Center for Archaeological Research, Southwest Missouri State University; The Library and Research Center - Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri; Museum Support Center - Museum of Anthropology, University of Missouri; New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources, Concord, New Hampshire; Maxwell Hall - Archaeological Research Center, Syracuse University; New York State Museum, Albany, New York; RMSC exhibit and offices facility - Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, New York; The Archeology Laboratories - Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; The Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, North Carolina,; The North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh; Wilson Library - Research Laboratories of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Resource Management building - Hopewell Culture National Historic Park, Ohio; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio; Carpenter Building - Matson Museum of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, Rhode Island; Basement - Public Archaeology Laboratory, Rhode Island; South Carolina Institute for Archaeology and Anthropology, Columbia, South Carolina; Chattanooga Regional History Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Williams Hall, 5th Floor - Consulting Archaeology Program, University of Vermont; Conservation building - Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vermont; Grave Creek Mound Historic Park, West Virginia; Museum Resource Center - Harpers Ferry National Historic Site, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland; Lockwood House - Harpers Ferry National Historic Site, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland; Kenilworth building - Historic Resource Management Services, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Wright Art Museum - Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI; Logan Museum building - Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI; Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse

Prepared By(s): US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District

Submitted To(s): Department of Defense Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Record Identifiers

Project Number(s): 97-0376

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