Archaeological Curation-Needs Assessments for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Gordon,Georgia, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, California and Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California

摘要

Between October 1991 and February 1992, the US Army Corps of Engineers, TechnicalCenter of Expertise in Archaeological Curation and Collection, Management conducted a survey of archaeological collections and associated documentation generated from archaeological investigations conducted on five military installations. The five installations were chosen as representative for DoD installations--Ft. Sill, OK; Ft. Gordon, GA; Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA; Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base, CA; an Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, CA. Overall results of this survey were that collections are deteriorating, and collections centers have not and do not receive the financial support necessary for adequate preservation of archaeological collections.