Boxes and boxes, missing context, and an avocational archaeologist : making sense of the Frank Watt collection at the Mayborn Museum Complex.

Bischof, Robin E.

Boxes and boxes, missing context, and an avocational archaeologist : making sense of the Frank Watt collection at the Mayborn Museum Complex.

dc.contributor.advisor	Holcomb, Julie.
dc.contributor.author	Bischof, Robin E.
dc.contributor.department	Museum Studies.	en
dc.contributor.other	Baylor University. Dept. of Museum Studies.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-12T15:19:51Z
dc.date.available	2011-05-12T15:19:51Z
dc.date.copyright	2011-05
dc.date.issued	2011-05-12T15:19:51Z
dc.description.abstract	Museums often find themselves with more collection than they are capable of properly inventorying, documenting and cataloguing. The Mayborn Museum Complex at Baylor University has one such collection of Native American artifacts and documents collected by Frank H. Watt, a local archaeologist. The late Watt worked many years as an avocational archaeologist in Texas. Examination of both his collection of papers and Native American artifacts led to the discovery that some of the documents corresponded with particular objects. By matching the two collections, Frank Watt's papers are linked to actual specimens, and the objects are united with their history, giving them context in a written record. This project combined both collections and archival work in addition to research regarding the life and writings of Frank Watt and a brief review of Texas pre-history and early history.	en
dc.description.degree	M.A.	en
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	by Robin E. Bischof.	en
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dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8120
dc.language.iso	English	en
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dc.rights.accessrights	Worldwide access	en
dc.subject	Frank H. Watt.	en
dc.subject	Archaeology.	en
dc.subject	Mayborn Museum Complex.	en
dc.subject	Texas Collection.	en
dc.subject	Museums collections.	en
dc.subject	Archives.	en
dc.title	Boxes and boxes, missing context, and an avocational archaeologist : making sense of the Frank Watt collection at the Mayborn Museum Complex.	en
dc.type	Project	en