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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"archaeological collections"”.
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Handling the “Curation Crisis:” Database Management for Archaeological Collections
<p>Archaeological collecting practices have created a predicament for museums and archaeological repositories that today is commonly referred to as the “curation crisis.” As new excavations continue to be organized each year, accumulated collections find themselves haphazardly stored in museums …
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Archaeological collections as a prime research asset: objects and Great Zimbabwe's past
… such as desktop survey, analyses of museum collections, supplementary field survey and excavations, were employed to collect relevant datasets to address the research questions. The sampling strategy adapted for this research enabled the study of material objects from different components …
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Investigating the Intersection of Chinese and Euro-American Healthcare Practices in Nevada from 1860-1930
… of medicinal artifacts located in seven Nevada archaeological collections -- Lovelock Chinatown, Old Cortez, Virginia City Chinatown, Island Mountain, Yeong Wo Mercantile, and sites 26LA3061 and 26LA4425 in the Cortez Mining District. Medicinal artifacts were studied to determine the nature of …
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Disrupting the Narrative: Labor and Survivance for the Montauketts of Eastern Long Island
… Historical sources are critically reviewed, and archaeological collections re-investigated for clues to indigenous Montaukett lifeways during rapidly changing social, economic, and political conditions. In particular, the archaeological collections from two homes at Indian Fields, a Montaukett …
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A Zooarchaeological Analysis of Hole-in-the-Wall Canyon (45KT12) and French Rapids (45KT13) Sites: Ginkgo State Park, Washington
… faunal analysis was completed for the entire zooarchaeological collection (n=5,354) for two prehistoric archaeological housepit sites, Hole-in-the-Wall Canyon (45KT12) and French Rapids (45KT13). Both sites are located near Vantage, Washington, within the inundated area of the Wanapum Reservoir. …
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Early human adaptation in the northern hemisphere and the analytic implications of taphonomy
… analysis is presented of faunal remains from six archaeological and six palaeontological open-air sites dating to the Lower and Middle Pleistocene. The presumed causal association between lithic tools and faunal remains at these early sites is evaluated, as is the presumed primary or nearly …
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Stringed musical instruments : artefacts in the archaeology of Western Europe 500 B.C. to A.D. 1200.
… finds of new data during the investigation of archaeological collections both in Britain and on the Continent, and it reassesses the significance of material already known from previous research. The discussion is set within an experimental framework of practical re.construction and other …
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The view from mazique (22ad502): the Coles Creek / Plaquemine cultural transition from the perspective of the Natchez Bluffs region of the Lower Mississippi Valley
… located in Adams County, Mississippi. Previous archaeological collections recovered here have identified both Coles Creek and Plaquemine components, making Mazique an ideal vantage from which to inspect the changes wrought by the Coles Creek/Plaquemine transition. The primary objective of this …
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From the Mouths of Babes: Using Incremental Enamel Microstructures to Evaluate the Applicability of the Moorrees Method of Dental Formation to the Estimation of Age of Prehistoric Native American Children
… with immature (developing) dentition from three archaeological sites in the Ohio Valley was estimated using the Moorrees et al. (1963a, b) method and compared to those obtained from dental histology. Cuspal and crown formation times of all tooth types were also measured and calculated from a …
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Glass beads as indicators of contact and trade in Southern Africa ca. AD 900 - AD 1250
… of this trade can be seen in the form of archaeological collections of glass beads at sites throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Thousands of beads have been found at Iron Age sites in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld and at inland sites along the Limpopo Valley and in Botswana. Similar …
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Archaeology of Void Spaces
… can be tested against anthrosols./<p> <p>The archaeological collections visited for this research project involved creating new databases to generate a comprehensive inventory of sites, materials excavated, and assemblages available for study. Of the more than 129 Pre-Columbian sites …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… institutions housing artifacts and other archaeological materials. While this is an international phenomenon, the crisis in the United States is linked with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, …
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Our Collective History: The Curation Crisis and the Excavation of an Archaeological Repository
… institutions housing artifacts and other archaeological materials. While this is an international phenomenon, the crisis in the United States is linked with a recent history of cultural resource management (CRM)—and academic research projects—having a tendency to survey, excavate, analyze, …