I would throw them out. 

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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Valuation

Good morning.

We are a large repository for archeological collections. We have been
asked by the University's insurer to submit to them a valuation for the
entire collection. I would like to hear from others who hold
archeological materials how they went about determining such a figure.
While it would be a fairly easy thing to assign an E-bay value of X to
one dart point, what to do about all of the potsherds, debitage, mussel
shell and soil samples, etc. that have no commercial value, but are
priceless nonetheless from a research standpoint? 
Assigning value based on 2007 costs to excavate all of the
materials/generate all the records would result in a prohibitive
valuation.

Any advice is appreciated.
Laura

Laura Hiilier Nightengale
Head of Collections
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station R7500
Austin, TX 78712-0714
512-475-6853 

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