Curating Chaos: Addressing the Curation Crisis from a Student Perspective
Author(s): Rilee Rodgers
Year: 2025
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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
The "Curation Crisis" refers to problems associated with the neglect of long-term care and management of archaeological collections. U.S. repositories in charge of caring for archaeological collections are underfunded, understaffed, and overcrowded, leaving them unable to properly care for collections. Despite the magnitude of this problem, most undergraduate archaeology programs almost exclusively place their focus on field work. The T.A.C.L. Field School hosted by the Arkansas Archeological Survey and the Institute for Field Research aims to start bridging this gap. This paper will address problems we encountered and possible solutions from our unique perspective as the next generation of archaeologists.
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Curating Chaos: Addressing the Curation Crisis from a Student Perspective. Rilee Rodgers. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 510589)
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Abstract Id(s): 50370