Provenience Clarification of Peabody Museum Human Osteology Collections

在国家科学基金会的支持下， 哈佛大学皮博迪博物馆的藏品， 重组并储存在单独的容器中， 保护标本，并使其随时可供 研究人员还开展了支持工作， 将这些材料放入有意义的文档中 考古背景。在工作的最后阶段， 皮博迪团队将继续材料的计算机化 使数据库易于访问。 这个骨学收藏是最大和最 在美国，这是一个非常重要的系统性收藏。它 由15,000多名有据可查的 考古、医学和法医调查。这些 收藏品构成了跨文化的广泛比较资源 体质人类学的研究这些材料被广泛使用 研究人员和科学需求。不幸的是， 有组织的文档使它们难以使用， 在时间上给研究人员带来了难以承受的负担。 该项目将缓解这种情况。 这个项目之所以重要，有几个原因。它将改善 获取重要的科学数据。它还将 促进有助于解释人类生物学的研究 适应不同的环境和文化环境。

With National Science Foundation support, the human osteology collection at the Peabody Museum, Harvard University, has been reorganized and stored in individual containers which both protect the specimens and make them readily available to researchers. Work has also been done on the supporting documentation which places these materials into a meaningful archaeological context. In this final stage of the work, the Peabody team will continue the computerization of the materials to make the data base readily accessible. This osteology collection is one of the largest and most important such systematic collections in the United States. It consists of over 15,000 individuals from well documented archaeological, medical and forensic investigations. These collections form a broad comparative resource for cross cultural research in physical anthropology. The materials are widely used by researchers and in scientific demand. Unfortunately lack of organized documentation makes them difficult to use and places an often unacceptable burden in terms of time on the researcher. This project will alleviate the situation. This project is important for several reasons. It will improve access to an important body of scientific data. It will also facilitate research which helps to explain human biological adaptation to varying environmental and cultural environments.