Preserving the anthropological record / edited by Sydel Silverman and Nancy J. Parezo.

Contributor(s): Silverman, Sydel | Parezo, Nancy J | Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
Language: English Publisher: New York : Wenner-Gren Foundation, 1995.Edition: 2nd edDescription: vi, 254p. ; 23cm.
Contents:
Contents: 1. Institutional resources: archives and centers. The National Anthropological Archives / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; The Melanesian Archive / Donald Tuzin; The role of museums / Thomas H. Wilson and Nancy J. Parezo; Discipline history centers in the sciences / Joan Warnow-Blewett. 2. The preservation and use of cultural materials. Ethical considerations / Catherine Fowler; Documenting disciplinary history / Regna Darnell; The uses of ethnographic records / Shepard Krech III and William C. Sturtevant. 3. Preservation issues in the fields of anthropology. The records of archaeology / Don D. Fowler and Douglas R. Givens; The records of biological anthropology / Michael A. Little, Jane A. Buikstra and Frank Spencer; The records of medical anthropology / Sue E. Estroff; The records of applied anthropology / John van Willigen; The records of American Indian linguistics / Victor Golla. 3. Guidelines and strategies. Saving the past: guidelines for individuals / Nancy J. Parezo and Ruth J. Person; Preserving organizational records / Sydel Silverman, Lucy M. Cohen, Eluned Schweitzer and Nathalie F.S. Woodbury; The physical preservation of anthropological records / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; The potentials and problems of computers / Robert V. Kemper; Future prospects / Don D. Fowler and Nancy J. Parezo.
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1st ed. publ. 1992. Papers resulting from a Wenner-Gren Foundation symposium "Preserving the anthropological record: issues and strategies", February 28 - March 4, 1992, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. and discussions held in its aftermath.

Bibl.: p. 225-248.

Contents: 1. Institutional resources: archives and centers. The National Anthropological Archives / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; The Melanesian Archive / Donald Tuzin; The role of museums / Thomas H. Wilson and Nancy J. Parezo; Discipline history centers in the sciences / Joan Warnow-Blewett. 2. The preservation and use of cultural materials. Ethical considerations / Catherine Fowler; Documenting disciplinary history / Regna Darnell; The uses of ethnographic records / Shepard Krech III and William C. Sturtevant. 3. Preservation issues in the fields of anthropology. The records of archaeology / Don D. Fowler and Douglas R. Givens; The records of biological anthropology / Michael A. Little, Jane A. Buikstra and Frank Spencer; The records of medical anthropology / Sue E. Estroff; The records of applied anthropology / John van Willigen; The records of American Indian linguistics / Victor Golla. 3. Guidelines and strategies. Saving the past: guidelines for individuals / Nancy J. Parezo and Ruth J. Person; Preserving organizational records / Sydel Silverman, Lucy M. Cohen, Eluned Schweitzer and Nathalie F.S. Woodbury; The physical preservation of anthropological records / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell; The potentials and problems of computers / Robert V. Kemper; Future prospects / Don D. Fowler and Nancy J. Parezo.