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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.
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