Curation of the Paul Rowe Archaeological Collection

业余考古学家保罗·罗从爱荷华州西南部的200多个地点进行了地面收集和考古材料挖掘。由于他的细心工作和与这些材料相关的大量文档，它们被广泛使用，并提供了重要的数据库。这些藏品包括石器、陶器，以及已加工和未加工的动物遗骸。这些材料目前由几个机构持有。在国家科学基金会的支持下，威廉·格林博士和他的同事们将继续他们的工作，使这些材料最大限度地发挥研究作用。在他们项目的下一阶段，团队将把对象与相关文档关联起来，并确定每个收藏的具体地点。详细数据将输入国家考古学家办公室的档案，这些物品本身将按遗址和每个遗址内的材料类别进行分类，按目录号标记，并装在标准尺寸的存储容器中。它们将被添加到国家文物存储库。其中一部分藏品由米尔斯县历史博物馆持有，将对其进行调查，以确定其身体状况和文件的性质。将制定治疗建议。罗的收藏很重要，因为它可以提供对美国中西部史前文化发展的洞察。由于存储和文档问题，该集合现在无法有效使用。格林博士和他的同事们的工作将有助于纠正这种情况。

Paul Rowe, an amateur archaeologist, made surface collections and excavated archaeological materials from over 200 sites in southwestern Iowa. Because of the care with which he worked and the extensive documentation associated with these materials, they are widely used and provide an important data base. The collection includes lithics, ceramics, and both worked and unworked faunal remains. The materials are currently held by several institutions. With National Science Foundation support, Dr. William Green and his colleagues will continue their work to make these materials of maximum research use. In this next phase of their project, the team will correlate objects with the relevant documentation and ascertain the specific sites from which each collection derives. Detailed data will be entered into the Office of the State Archaeologist's files, and the objects themselves will be sorted by site and by material class within each site, labeled by catalog number, and boxed in standard-size storage containers. They will be added to the State Artifact Repository. One portion of the collection is held by the Mills County Historical Museum, and it will be surveyed to determine physical condition and the nature of its documentation. Recommendations for treatment will be developed. The Rowe collection is important because it can provide insight into prehistoric cultural development in the Midwest United States. Because of storage and documentation problems, the collection cannot now be used efficiently. The work by Dr. Green and colleagues will serve to remedy this situation.