Rehousing the Ethnobotanical and Archaeobotanical Collections of the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology

密歇根大学人类学博物馆民族植物学实验室包含33000多个植物学标本和相关文件，用于研究过去和现在植物物种的文化用途。来自700多个考古遗址的标本为研究过去10,000多年来野生物种的驯化、气候变化以及人类与环境的互动提供了关键证据。来自20世纪早期许多美洲原住民社区的收藏提供了对土著农业和生态实践的见解，对当代可持续发展和生物多样性问题具有重要影响。该奖项将提供资金，通过以下方式改进这些重要藏品的保管和记录：将它们重新安置在新的高质量档案柜中，更新数据库信息，并扩大对藏品信息的实物和数字访问。除了确保不可替代的民族植物学样本的保存，该项目的更广泛的影响包括增加密歇根大学的学者和学生获得这些收藏品的机会，并通过网络传播，远远超出这一范围。此外，博物馆将发展和加强与国家和国际生物多样性和植物学组织的关系，通过互联网传播收藏信息，并将与遗产社区，特别是美洲土著部落合作，研究民族植物学知识和资源。

The University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology Ethnobotanical Laboratory contains more than 33,000 botanical specimens and associated documentation for the study of cultural uses of plant species in the past and present. Specimens from more than 700 archaeological sites provide critical evidence for examining the domestication of wild species, climate change, and human interactions with the environment over the last 10,000-plus years. Collections from numerous early 20th century Native American communities provide insights into indigenous agricultural and ecological practices with important implications for contemporary issues of sustainability and biodiversity. This award will provide funding to improve the care and documentation of these important collections by: rehousing them in new archival quality cabinets, updating database information, and expanding physical and digital access to collection information. Along with assuring the preservation of irreplaceable ethnobotanical samples, the broader impacts of this project include increasing access to the collections to scholars and students at the University of Michigan and, through web dissemination, far beyond. In addition, the Museum will develop and enhance relations with national and international biodiversity and botanical organizations, disseminating collection information via the internet, and will collaborate with heritage communities, particularly Native American tribes, in studying ethnobotanical knowledge and resources.