Collections and inventory management strategies at Sustainable Archaeology: Western were presented at the 2013 Society for American Archaeology (SAA) annual meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii by Dr. Rhonda Bathurst and Kira Westby. The poster and its abstract can be viewed below. For more information on Sustainable Archaeology's inventory management strategies, check out the April/May edition of our newsletter Notes from the SA.
Poster Abstract: Digital Tools for Archaeological Collections and Inventory Management
What does archaeology have in common with
weapons manufacturers, NASA or the automotive industry? All require a means of
effectively managing and tracking inventory. There is a lot that archaeologists
can borrow from the standards of practice implemented by these industries.
Advances in coding and labeling systems such as 2D data matrix (DM) and
radio-frequency identification (RFID) can speed up the process of data input
and retrieval, alleviate transcription issues related to human error, minimize
damage to artifacts, and automate collection tracking. Using DM codes to label
and track individual artifacts and RFID tags to manage and track storage
containers, this paper demonstrates a field-to-shelf solution for
archaeological collections management utilizing some of the digital tools
currently employed by major manufacturing industries.
Sounds like it could a neat little tool. Thanks for sharing.
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