Preserving the anthropological record
By: edited by Sydel Silverman and Nancy J. Parezo.
Contributors: Silverman, Sydel.; Parezo, Nancy J.; Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research.
Publisher: Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Anthropological archives -- Congresses.; Anthropology -- Research -- Congresses.; Archival resources -- Administration -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-l40).
Papers presented at a symposium : Preserving the Anthropological Record : issues and strategies / sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and held February 28 - March 4, 1992 in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Sydel Silverman; title: The National Anthropological Archives / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; title: Discipline history centers in the sciences / Joan Warnow-Blewett; title: The Melanesian Archive / Donald Tuzin; title: Preserving the archaeological record / Don D. Fowler and Douglas R. Givens; title: The records of applied anthropology / John van Willigen; title: The role of museums in preserving the anthropological record / Thomas H. Wilson and Nancy J. Parezo; title: Saving the past for the future: guidelines for anthropologists / Nancy J. Parezo, Nathalie F.S. Woodbury, and Ruth J. Person; title: The physical preservation of anthropological records / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; title: The potentials and problems of computers / Robert V. Kemper; title: The future uses of the anthropological record / Shepard Krech III and William C. Sturtevant; title: The next steps / Sydel Silverman and Nancy J. Parezo.