Archival Processing and Rehabilitation of Extant Archaeological Collections from the Georgia Coast

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The UGA Laboratory of Archaeology is on year three of an NPS Saving America’s Treasures grant to rehabilitate archaeological material and associated documentation and media collected within Georgia’s five coastal counties. This includes over 1,500 boxes from more than 300 cultural sites, over 50 different investigations and represents in some cases, the only evidence for cultural sites that are in danger of erosion or development or are already destroyed. With a rehabilitation project as large as this, various curation issues were encountered. This poster addresses these challenges, the strategies developed, and presents lessons learned as an example for those beginning rehabilitation projects.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (2025)   •
• SAA 2025: Individual Abstracts

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 53997