Improving Conditions for Preservation of the Human Osteological Collection

9307693柯尼斯堡在国家科学基金会的支持下，莱尔·柯尼斯堡博士将策划一大系列从中西部遗址挖掘出来的美洲原住民骨骼材料。因为它们与被命名的部落无关，所以这套丛书不会被遣返，并为科学研究提供了极其重要的数据库。这些材料目前储存在不太理想的条件下，还没有进入计算机库存。目前的项目将弥补这些缺陷。材料将被转移到一个新的储存区，适当地包装在新的盒子里，并放置在封闭的储存单元中。将重新复制标签，并将数据输入计算机化的数据库。人类骨学收藏为记录和研究人类过去的历史提供了不可替代的资源。在没有已知的现存后代群体的情况下，这种材料的价值最大，因此，过去民族的历史已经褪色或不为人所知。像这样的材料，因为它们是通过有控制的考古挖掘收集的，对于它们揭示人类的生物适应也很重要。通过融入更大的文化背景，有可能研究人们如何对不同的饮食、社会组织和环境条件做出生物学反应。这个项目很重要，因为它既可以保存有价值的科学材料，又可以用于研究。

9307693 Konigsberg With National Science Foundation support, Dr. Lyle Konigsberg will curate a large series of Native American skeletal materials excavated from sites in the midwest. Because they are not associated with named tribes this series is not subject to repatriation and provides an extremely important data base for scientific research. The materials are currently stored in less than optimal conditions and have not been entered into a computer inventory. This current project will remedy these defects. Materials will be moved to a new storage area, properly packed in new boxes and placed in closed storage units. Labels will be recopied and the data entered into a computerized data base. Human osteological collections provide an irreplaceable resource for documenting and studying humankind's past history. Nowhere is the value of this material greater than in those cases where there are no known living descendant groups, and as a consequence the history of a past people has become faded or unknown. Materials such as these, because they were collected through controlled archaeological excavation are also important for what they reveal about human biological adaptation. Through integration into a larger cultural context, it is possible to examine how people respond biologically to varying diet social organization and environmental conditions. This project is important because it will both preserve valuable scientific materials and make them available for research.