Guidelines for the Field Collection of Archaeological Materials and Standard Operating Procedures for Curating Department of Defense Archaeological Collections
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Guidelines for the Field Collection of Archaeological Materials and Standard Operating Procedures for Curating Department of Defense Archaeological Collections Prepared for the Legacy Resource Management Program Office Legacy Project No. 98-1714 Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections Form Approved REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302, and to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (0704-0188), Washington, DC 20503. 1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank) 2. REPORT DATE 1999 3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE 5. FUNDING NUMBERS Guidelines for the Field Collection of Archaeological Materials and Standard Operating Procedures for Curation Department of Defense Archaeological Collections 6. AUTHORS Suzanne Griset and Marc Kodack 7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District 1222 Spruce Street (CEMVS-ED-Z) St. Louis, Missouri 63103-2833 9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY Legacy Resource Management Program Office REPORT NUMBER Office of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Environmental Security) Legacy Project No. 98-1714 ATTN: ODUSD (ES) (Boice), Suite 1500, 1225 Old Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, VA 22202 11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Available from the Legacy Resource Management Program Office 12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE Approved for public release; distribution unlimited 13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words) We provide a review and synthesis of existing federal and non-federal guidelines for collecting archaeological field data and curating archaeological collections. Based on the review, we found a great deal of variability in existing guidelines, if at all present. Thus, using these variable guidelines, we fashioned Department of Defense (DoD) wide guidelines for collecting archaeological field data and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for curating DoD archaeological collections. The review process consisted of interviewing federal archaeologists, State Historic Preservation Offices, state Department of Transportation archaeologists, and technical experts from a sample of universities, museums, and archaeological contractors. Agency or institution based personnel responded to a questionnaire where they were encouraged to provide comments and suggestions toward developing standardized methods. Interview data were used to construct a proposed two-stage strategy for archaeological fieldwork on DoD installations. The first stage consists of intensive prefieldwork research that comprehensively documents previous land uses. The second stage uses an archaeological fieldwork research design that emphasizes a statistical (probabilistic) sampling framework where estimates on precision and accuracy can be determined. 14. SUBJECT TERMS 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 163 Archaeology, conservation, curation, collections management, field collection, sampling 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION OF 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT REPORT THIS PAGE ABSTRACT Unclassifed Unclassifed Unclassifed UL NSN 7540-01-280-5500 Computer Generated STANDARD FORM 298 (Rev 2-89) Prescribed by ANSI Std 239-18 298-102 Guidelines for the Field Collection of Archaeological Materials and Standard Operating Procedures for Curating Department of Defense Archaeological Collections by Suzanne Griset and Marc Kodack with contributions by Ken Alldredge Dennis Danielson Natalie Drew Debra K. Loveless Michael D. Wiant Prepared for the Legacy Resource Management Program Office Legacy Project No. 98-1714 Prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections 1999 Contents List of Figures .............................................................................................................................................. v List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................. vi Executive Summary.................................................................................................................................... vii Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................................... vii 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Project Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 2 Project Methods ........................................................................................................................... 3 2. Existing Federal Policies and Procedures ......................................................................................... 5 Department of Agriculture ........................................................................................................... 5 U.S. Forest Service ............................................................................................................... 5 Department of Defense ................................................................................................................ 7 U.S. Air Force ....................................................................................................................... 7 U.S. Army.............................................................................................................................. 8 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ............................................................................................. 9 U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines Corps ...................................................................................... 9 Department of Energy ................................................................................................................ 10 Department of the Interior ......................................................................................................... 11 Bureau of Land Management.............................................................................................. 12 Bureau of Reclamation ....................................................................................................... 13 National Park Service ......................................................................................................... 14 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ........................................................................................... 17 Smithsonian Institution .............................................................................................................. 18 Summary of Federal Agency Policies ........................................................................................ 18 3. Non-Federal Agency Policies ............................................................................................................ 21 Conclusions Drawn from the Non-Federal Agency Sample by Michael D. Wiant and Debra K. Loveless ...................................................................................................................... 22 4. Discussion of Existing Policies of Federal and Non-Federal Entities........................................... 25 Field Collecting Policies ............................................................................................................ 25 Curation Policies and Procedures .............................................................................................. 26 iii 5. Guidelines for Field Collection of Archaeological Materials from Department of Defense Administered Lands .......................................................................................................................... 29 Suggested Department of Defense Collecting Policy................................................................ 30 I. Objectives............................................................................................................................ 30 II. References ........................................................................................................................... 30 III. Definitions........................................................................................................................... 30 IV. Guiding Principles .............................................................................................................. 31 V. Collecting Guidelines .........................................................................................................32 6. Standard Operating Procedures for Curating Department of Defense Archaeological Collections ...............................................................................................................