Archaeological Collections and Volunteerism

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Building Bridges: Papers in Honor of Teresita Majewski" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

How are managing and preserving archaeological collections and volunteerism related? I have known Dr. Majewski for about 25 years. Almost all of that time has been when she volunteered to be on various Society for American Archaeology committees that I was also on, wrote articles for journal theme issues I edited, and other activities, all related to improving the curation of collections. Dr. Majewski has been the backbone of educating archaeologists about how and why CRM does what it does with archaeological collections. In the time I’ve known her, she has enlightened us on how contracting works related to funding collections; CRM field practices related to no-collection methods; preservation of associated records, both hard copy and digital; orphan collections; and many other issues. This paper will discuss Dr. Majewski’s broad expertise on collections as related to her commitment to volunteering, both of which she has impressively demonstrated over her career.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)   •
• Building Bridges: Papers in Honor of Teresita Majewski

Keywords

Spatial Coverage

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 38021.0