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Collections Management Policy

 Collections Management Policy

Our collections management policy is available HERE.Please email the Operations Director, Amanda Roberts Thompson (arobthom@uga.eduwith any questions.

As an archaeological curation repository, we continually strive to add and improve our capabilities through the addition of improved curation and research technologies and other equipment.

  • NAGPRA consultation, collaboration, and compliance
  • Traditional care practices
  • Use of appropriate stable and archival quality materials
  • Temperature and relative humidity control
  • LED lights in curation spaces
  • Monthly pest management 
  • Controlled access to repository and intruder security system connected to UGA's Police Department
  • Fire prevention measures
  • Collection management database and off-site computer server storage
  • Computer-controlled artifact photography
  • 3D scanning, 3D printing, and 3D videography
  • Thin sectioning of ceramics and lithics
  • Metal conservation
  • Magnetic susceptibility testing
  • Isotope analysis preparation
  • Phosphate testing
  • Microscope and photomicroscopy workstations
  • Research library
  • Artifact type collection