Curating Archaeological Collections: From the Field to the Repository (Volume 6) (Archaeologist's Toolkit, 6) - Softcover

Sullivan, Lynne P.; Childs, Terry S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0759100241 ISBN 13: 9780759100244

Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2003

Synopsis

Introduction to curation and preservation of archaeological materials.

About this title

About the Author

Lynne P. Sullivan is curator of archaeology at the Frank H. McClung Museum and research associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee. S. Terry Childs is an archaeologist in the Archeology and Ethnography Program of the National Park Service in Washington, D.C.

Review

Curating Archaeological Collections is not a comprehensive handbook for conservation of Attic vases or Andean textiles, but it is a timely and useful summary of "best practices" for repositories. And that's what we need. Curating Archaeological Collections also offers a reasoned, but forceful call for resolution of the curation crisis. This book belongs on the shelves of every U.S. museum with archaeological collections, and on the reading list of every curator and collection manager who deal with those collections. And the reading lists of Federal and State agencies which oversee the care of old collections and production of new collections. (Museum Anthropology)

Curating Archaeological Collections, by Lynne P. Sullivan and S. Terry Childs, fills a conspicuous gap in training for students, archeologists, and agencies that manage collections. (Common Ground)

This volume, part of a new series designed to provide practical information to students and people studying archaeology, highlights the importance of considering curatorial issues early on in the design of archaeological projects. (Oxbow Book News, Vol. 57, Autumn 2003)

Edition details

• Publisher: AltaMira Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0759100241
• ISBN 13: 9780759100244
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 162