Research Opportunities in Archaeology at the Fowler Museum at UCLA

Summary

This is an abstract from the "How to Conduct Museum Research and Recent Research Findings in Museum Collections: Posters in Honor of Terry Childs" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Fowler Museum Archaeology Collections is the largest repository of Los Angeles history. It has maintained the research materials and excavations of UCLA academics and local researchers since 1941. The collections consist of approximately 1.5 million artifacts ranging from prehistoric to historic with provenances that span the globe. The majority of these items have not been examined since their initial excavation, providing ample research opportunities that have proven fruitful for an array of researchers. A significant amount of this research has culminated in published articles, theses, dissertations, and manuscripts. These publications as well as primary documents are kept with corresponding accessions for future research reference. In addition, the Fowler Museum at UCLA has the original archives of numerous archaeologists including Clement Meighan, Henry B. Nicholson, and Charles Rozaire.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• How to Conduct Museum Research and Recent Research Findings in Museum Collections: Posters in Honor of Terry Childs   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25216