A Royal Pain, But Worth It: New Storage for Old Collections

By

Harding, Deborah
Anderson, Gretchen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-7-5

Original Publication

Metabarcoding and metagenomics

Volume

2

Pages

1--2

Subjects

 space-efficient , Access , Anthropology , Archaeology , Collections , custom housing , repuposed material , Storage

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.27553

 

Abstract

Three years ago, the Section of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to rehouse its 1.5-million-specimen archaeological collection. The entire Anthropology collection was affected by the movement of the archaeology material, and required additional attention.<br> With a staff of two people, a conservator, and a host of wonderful volunteers and interns, the security and accessibility of the collections were greatly enhanced through the creation of custom housing for a variety of objects, including pottery, textiles, spears, bows and arrows, saddles, etc. This poster shows a sampling of the storage upgrades that resulted from this intense project.