BLM OR/WA CESU Connley Caves Curation

Project ID: L16AC00286

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: University of Oregon

Fiscal Year: 2016

Initial Funding: $26,000

Total Funding: $26,000

Project Type: Technical Assistance

Project Disciplines: Interdisciplinary

Principal Investigator: Jenkins, Dennis

Agreement Technical Representative: Cannon, William

Abstract: Objective(s):
• Proactive studies, including inventory, excavation, and collections-based studies;
• Proper use of sites in training future Historians, Archaeologists and Paleontologists through research projects, field schools and internships.
• Documenting existing collections at authorized curation facilities through accessioning, cataloging and inventorying those collections.
• Preserving existing collections at recognized curation facilities through such activities as archival housing, stabilization or conservation.