Papers presented at a symposium : Preserving the Anthropological Record : issues and strategies / sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and held February 28 - March 4, 1992 in Rancho Santa Fe, California

Incluye referencias bibliograficas (p. 133-l40).

Introduction / Sydel Silverman -- The National Anthropological Archives / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell -- Discipline history centers in the sciences / Joan Warnow-Blewett -- The Melanesian Archive / Donald Tuzin -- Preserving the archaeological record / Don D. Fowler and Douglas R. Givens -- The records of applied anthropology / John van Willigen -- The role of museums in preserving the anthropological record / Thomas H. Wilson and Nancy J. Parezo -- Saving the past for the future: guidelines for anthropologists / Nancy J. Parezo, Nathalie F.S. Woodbury, and Ruth J. Person -- The physical preservation of anthropological records / Mary Elizabeth Ruwell -- The potentials and problems of computers / Robert V. Kemper -- The future uses of the anthropological record / Shepard Krech III and William C. Sturtevant -- The next steps / Sydel Silverman and Nancy J. Parezo.