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| Series Editors' Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Brief History of Archaeological Curation in the United States | |
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| The Museum Era of Archaeology: Nineteenth Century to the 1930s | |
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| Early Federal Archaeology Programs: 1930s and 1940s | |
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| The Postwar Construction Boom and the "New Archaeology": 1945 to 1970 | |
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| Making versus Caring for Collections: The 1970s and Beyond | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Current Status of Archaeological Collections | |
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| Federal Legislation and Policy | |
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| Key Elements of the Curation Crisis | |
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| The Bright Side | |
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| Repositories: What Are They, and What Do They Do? | |
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| Kinds of Repositories | |
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| What a Repository Does and Why | |
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| Responsibilities and Training of Repository Staff | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Managing Curated Collections: The Basics | |
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| Acquisitions Policies and Practices | |
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| Accessioning | |
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| Cataloging | |
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| Collections Preparation: Labeling and Conservation | |
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| Storage | |
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| Inventory Control and Data Management | |
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| Deaccessioning | |
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| Public Access and Use | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Making a Collection: Fieldwork Practices and Curation Considerations | |
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| Before the Field: Project Design | |
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| In the Field: Sampling and Conservation | |
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| In the Laboratory: Applying the Sampling Strategy and More Conservation | |
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| In Your Office after the Field Project: Records Management | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Working with a Repository | |
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| Arranging for Long-term Curation | |
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| Using Curated Collections | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Future of Archaeological Collections Curation | |
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| Access: Collections in the Computer Age | |
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| Use of Curated Collections | |
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| The "Big Picture": Curated Collections as Samples of the Archaeological Record | |
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| Encouraging Repositories to Curate Representative Samples of the Archaeological Record | |
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| Coordinated Regional Planning | |
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| Support for Curating Archaeological Collections | |
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| Is It All Worth It? | |
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| Useful Internet Sites Related to Curating Archaeological Collections | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors and Series Editors | |