THE UHLE COLLECTIONS @ BERKELEY

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 Assignment 1
Project Proposal
 
 Assignment 2
Personas, Goals
& Tasks Analysis
 
 Assignment 3 (Revised)
Scenarios, Comparative
Analysis & Initial Design
 
 Assignment 4
Low-fi Prototype & Usability Testing
 
 Assignment 5
First Interactive Prototype & Presentation
 
Assignment 6
Heuristic Evaluation
 
 Assignment 7
Second Interactive Prototype & Heuristic Evaluation Intergration
 
 Assignment 8
Pilot Usability Study &
Formal Usability Test Design
 
 Assignment 9
Third Interactive Prototype
Write up
(Final Presentation)
 
Work Distribution

Welcome to the Uhle Collections @ Berkeley web site!

The Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley houses an archaeological collection of ancient Peruvian artifacts known as the Uhle Collection. This collection consists of pots, potsherds, shells, beads, shells, textiles, human remains (mummies), among many other unidentified objects. Additionally, the Bancroft Library houses manuscripts, field notes and correspondence written by Max Uhle, the archaeologist that excavated the collection. Many of the items in this collection have been digitally photographed in order to allow researchers to view items in the collection without accessing the physical objects. A database has also been created to organize information about each artifact. This project provides a front-end to the database and digital collection. The goal for the project is to serve as a research tool by representing the relationship between artifacts and the metadata of each in a way that is useful and seamless to archaeologists. For instance, location is important to several archaeologists throughout the research process. With this in mind it would be useful to easily access location information at any point in one's search.