Internet Technologies: Applied to the Uhle Archaeological Collections From Peru William T. Whitehead University of California, Berkeley Department of Anthropology.
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Internet Technologies: Applied to the Uhle Archaeological Collections From Peru William T. Whitehead University of California, Berkeley Department of Anthropology Introduction Part 1 – Uhle’s Life work Part 2 – Physical Collections Part 3 – The Collections Project Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin Partners This work is a joint collaboration between: The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology The Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia The Ethnologisches Museum, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin Project Members • J. P. Protzen Berkeley • Norbert Knossalla Berlin • William Whitehead Berkeley Project Aims and Challenges • To create a master database of all the works of Max Uhle – Textual Sources • Published works • Unpublished works – Photographic Works • Paper photos • Negatives – Artifacts Time Line of the Work 2002 – Phoebe Hearst and IAI - Knossalla works on IAI archives - Lumbreras photographs Pottery at Hearst 2003 – Knossalla works at Bancroft and Phoebe Hearst, WTW works on database and Photography of the Uhle Notes, scanning Card Catalog, and Uhle Publications 2004 - WTW, J.P. Protzen, and Knossalla continue project… Part 1 – Uhle’s Archaeology • Uhle Started his work in Bolivia but moved on to Berkeley and published on the Emeryville Shell mound • Works in South America between 1892-1942 and becomes “Father of South American Archaeology” • Works in US, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia • Leaves the world in 1944 at 88 years old The Emeryville Mounds Excavations in Peru at Berkeley • Over 100 locations • Major locations – – – – – – – Ancon Chancay Chincha Chulpaca Galagarza Moche Ocucaje Other Major sites found in the museums at Berlin and Pennsylvania: Pachacamac and Tiahuanaco Highlights Types of Culture in Peru. 1902, American Anthropologist, New Series, Vol. 4. No. 4, 753-759. • Incorporated Photography at an unprecedented scale for S. A. Archaeology Part 2 “For his generation, Uhle’s archaeological field methods were good but were not comparable, for example with George Reisner, who dug in Egypt for the University of California while Uhle was digging in Peru, took full notes on all associations and published his results so systematically that the reader of one of his reports can pick out any single specimen and determine not only in what grave it was found but where it aly in the grave and what the grave looked like.” Rowe 1954: pg 23 John H. Rowe produced his major biography of 1954 Publications • ~ 232 Publications • Hundreds of articles and works that reference Uhle’s work and report on his collections – Duncan Strong – John H. Rowe – Dorothy Menzel – Alfred L. Kroeber – Gordon Willey Notebooks • 1291 images from 10 volumes • Indexed by volume and topics • Contains valuable information about the excavations and artifacts The Catalog Catalog 4 – Contains 8857 records so far… Catalog 16 – Human remains is not included yet… Card Catalog 1545 scans so far – Chincha only! So the total number could be over 20,000 scans for the entire card catalog Photos • An untold number of photos and negatives in the collections: > 10,000 images! The Artifacts The artifact collections at the Museum has an unspecified number but is over 10,000. Part 3 • The Database Project – Looks to known databases on the web but especially the Alfred Einstein Project – Draws on the work already completed by the museum – Is ground-breaking in the since that it will bring together an important group of works. – Fulfills the goals of the SAA and the Phoebe Hearst Museum Museum Perspectives • Protect and Preserve collections – Most of the collections are in a condition that limited access is necessary • Provide access to researchers – Primary data sources and object images to researchers around the world • Provide access to the public – Give a limited set of privileges to copyrighted sources and previously published works. – Interpret the collections for the public Data Model • Uses a set of variables and keys to bring together the collections – Site name – Location information – Card catalog number – Grave lot – And full text searches of the publications Database • Uses Filemaker 6.0v2 – fully web accessible – Relational between files – And exportable between other programs – Is very good with image files – Large file size not a problem – Can be used with standard computer equipment Web Interface Provides the Public and Private Access points for the collections Is the gateway for the backend database Links to the other institutions Research Needs • Access to all the information in the database • Give the needed links between the documents and • Protection of non-copyrighted materials • Provide privileged access to materials to approved researchers Public Access • Over the Web there is a public access page – Provide all the meta-data about the collections – Give interested researchers information about the collections and contact sources for privileged access – Create an attractive website that is easy to use and intuitive Continuations • Incorporate – The rest of the Berkeley Collections – Visit the rest of the museum sites – The Berlin collections via direct references or incorporating the collections in a single database – Work on the web and backend database