Improving Conditions for Preservation of the Human Osteological Collection

在美国国家科学基金会的支持下，莱尔·柯尼斯伯格博士将对从中西部地区出土的大量美洲原住民骨骼材料进行整理。由于它们与已命名的部落没有关系，因此该系列不会被遣返，并为科学研究提供了极其重要的数据库。这些材料目前储存的条件不太理想，也没有进入计算机库存。当前的项目将弥补这些缺陷。材料将被转移到一个新的存储区域，用新盒子包装好，并放置在封闭的存储单元中。标签将被重新复制，并将数据输入计算机化数据库。人类骨骼标本为记录和研究人类过去的历史提供了不可替代的资源。在没有已知的活着的后代群体的情况下，这些材料的价值是最大的，因此，过去的民族的历史变得暗淡或不为人知。像这样的材料，因为它们是通过有控制的考古发掘收集的，对它们揭示的人类生物适应也很重要。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反应。这个项目很重要，因为它既能保存有价值的科学材料，又能使它们用于研究。

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.