Catalogue and Conservation Survey of the European Iron Age Mecklenburg Collection

皮博迪考古与民族学博物馆收藏着重要的人类学藏品。其中之一是马克伦堡收集的铁器时代材料（约公元前750年）。广告 20)。这个收藏品包括18900件物品，以及894个墓地的人类和马的骨骼遗骸。这些材料来自奥地利和南斯拉夫的几个地点。良好的文档和出处信息增强了该集合。它代表了美国最大的中欧铁器时代文物收藏。不幸的是，研究人员目前无法接触到这些藏品，因为它们从未被适当地编目并进入博物馆的目录系统。此外，这些物品正在变质，无法安全处理。有了这笔拨款，皮博迪博物馆的工作人员将开始升级这些藏品，使研究人员能够访问它们。这些藏品将按单个物品分类，并将信息整合到博物馆的计算机数据库系统中。一名训练有素的文物保护人员将对文物保护需求进行调查，并建议对最不稳定的文物进行处理。这将使研究人员能够利用这些重要的藏品，增加我们对早期欧洲社会和社会复杂过程的了解。

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology cares for important anthropological collections. One of these is theMecklenburg collection of Iron Age materials (ca. 750 BC.AD 20). This collection consists of 18,900 objects, as well as human and horse skeletal remains from 894 grave lots. This materials is from several sites in Austria and Yugoslavia. The collection is enhanced by good documentation and provenience information. It represents the largest collection of Central European Iron Age artifacts in the United States. Unfortunately, the collection is presently inaccessible to researchers because it has never been properly catalogued and entered into the museum's catalogue system. Also the objects are deteriorating and cannot be safely handled. With this grant, the staff of the Peabody Museum will begin to upgrade the collection and make them accessible to researchers. The collections will be catalogued by individual object and the information integrated into the museum's computerized database system. A conservation needs survey will be undertaken by a highly trained conservator who will recommend treatment for the most unstable objects. This will allow researchers to then use this significant collection and increase our knowledge of early European societies and processes of social complexity.