2010 Midwest Archaeological Conference - http://gbl.indiana.edu/2010MAC/



Curation Workshop



1:30 – 4:30 p.m., Saturday, October 23



Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University



Conference registration required - http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=2193



Workshop Fee: $20 fee (40 person limit)



Sponsored by: the U.S. Army corps of Engineers, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the <http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/engr/curation/Home.html> Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (<http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/engr/curation/Home.html>MCX), St. Louis District<http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/engr/curation/Home.html> and the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology<http://gbl.indiana.edu/>.



Description:  A Curation Workshop at the 56th annual meeting of the Midwest Archaeological Conference (MAC) is the first of five planned professional training programs at the annual MAC meeting that will provide hands-on training, resources, and discussion on the current standards and requirements of archaeological curation.  This workshop will be lead by archivists and archaeologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections (MCX), St. Louis District.



Professional training in archaeology has traditionally focused on field methods and artifact analysis with little effort or funding being placed into the long term care and preservation of material collections and their associated documents.  This has resulted into a national crisis to rehabilitate legacy collections, which are often still curated in the original acidic bags and boxes and stored in facilities without climate/pest control or security.  In 1990, the federal regulation Curation<http://www.nps.gov/archeology/TOOLS/36CFR79.HTM> of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections <http://www.nps.gov/archeology/TOOLS/36CFR79.HTM> (36 <http://www.nps.gov/archeology/TOOLS/36CFR79.HTM> CFR Part 79)<http://www.nps.gov/archeology/TOOLS/36CFR79.HTM> was issued, which established minimum standards of curation for existing/new federal collections and required monetary resources to complete this work.   Since this time, the National Park Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have developed curation guidelines and training for the curation of archaeological collections, which has then been adopted by most in the professional archaeology community.

Preliminary Workshop Schedule:

1:30 – 1:55 p.m. – Introduction to 5-Year Curation Workshop Program at the annual MAC meeting; Past, present, and future state of archaeological curation in the Midwest



12:00 – 2:35 p.m. – Digitizing Records – When and how should I digitize archaeological records (e.g., field notes, maps, photographs) and how should they be stored?



2:40 – 3:15 p.m. – Reconstruction and Conservation of Ceramic Vessels – Proper methods of mending and conserving broken ceramic vessels.



3:20 – 3:55 p.m. – NAGPRA – Discussion of recent legislative changes; Kennewick Man



4:00 – 4:30 p.m. – General Discussion; Suggestion of Topics for the 2011 MAC meeting in La Crosse, Wisconsin

Contact: Timothy E. Baumann, PhD, Curator of Collections, Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology, Indiana University, 423 N. Fess Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408

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