Improving Conditions for Preservation of the Human Osteological Collection

小行星9307693 在国家科学基金会的支持下，莱尔·柯尼斯伯格博士将整理从中西部遗址挖掘出的大量美洲原住民骨骼材料。由于它们不属于有名称的部落，因此不需要归还，并为科学研究提供了极为重要的数据基础。这些材料目前的储存条件不太理想，也没有输入计算机库存。目前的项目将弥补这些缺陷。 材料将被转移到新的储存区域，正确包装在新的盒子中，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数据库。 人类骨骼学收藏品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裔群体的情况下，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知。像这样的材料，因为它们是通过受控的考古发掘收集的，对于它们揭示人类生物适应性也很重要。通过整合到一个更大的文化背景下，有可能检查人们如何生物反应不同的饮食，社会组织和环境条件。 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.