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In 2017, the SAA Board asked the Committee on Museums, Collections, and Curation (CMCC) to consider drafting guidelines for archaeologists who are responsible for, or are aware of, collections that should have been curated long ago. For various reasons, these collections were not curated, often beyond the control of the archaeologist. Realizing that preparing old collections for curation could easily become overwhelming—and potentially result in an abandoned collection—these guidelines were developed to help navigate the process.

2019 SAA Guidelines for Preparing Legacy Archaeology Collections

Collections Assessment Fillable Form