Colyn,

Have you looked at the Society for Historical Archaeology website (
www.sha.org)? There are resources there that can help you (
http://www.sha.org/research/research_resources.cfm).

Have you contacted any archaeologists/cultural resource management firms in
your area? They can be of great help to you.

Have you contacted other museums or historic sites in your area that have
historical archaeological collections to see how they deal with this
material?

Have you contacted your state department of historic resources? They may be
able to help you as well.

The organization, cataloging and storage of archaeological materials is
very much a current topic in historical archaeology today, and I hope that
other Museum-L list members who are archaeologists will have other
suggestions for you.

Good luck!

Martha Katz-Hyman
Curator
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation
Williamsburg, VA




On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Colyn Hunt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I am an intern at a historic museum that is trying to sort through several
> boxes of various archaeological artifacts from the 1700 & early 1800s (broken
> wine bottles, a dozen wine glass stems, a box of potsherds, a box of at
> least 100 assorted pipe stems and bowls, etc.) that were donated to the
> museum in the '80s and accessioned as a whole with a deed of gift form.
>
>
>
> I am seeking advice and book recommendations on how others have gone
> about accessioning and storing such items.
>
>
>
> Most of what I've found seems only to deal with archaeology in the field,
> not once it needs long term storage and organization.
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Colyn Hunt
>
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