Updated:
1 June 2007
Anthropology
at MSC
Ethnology & Archaeology Collections
Archaeology
Collections Tour
1
June 2007
The
RTP Troop arrives at the Museum Support
Support Center in Suitland, MD after
a sweltering 30 minute shuttle ride.
Are they ready to see a few of the 3
million specimens inside?
(From Left Front Row): Laura Lagomarsino,
Addison Kemp, Laura Florez, Emma Harrower,
Satrio Wicaksono, Cecily Marroquin,
Suzanne Pilaar (From Left Back Row):
Andrew Furness, Amy Marqurdt, Miles
Collins, Kris Rhodes, Ben Linzmeier,
Elis Marina Silva, Santiago Herrera
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Ethnology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Gathering
in the lobby, the students are briefed
for the day's tours. Researchers from
all over the world visit the Museum Support
Center to study parts of the colletion.
The Museum Support Center, covering over
a half million square feet of space, utilizes
state of the art collections management
technology to conserve the Smithsonian
Museums' growing collection. The storage
facility is divided into five pods which
are lined with space-saving compact cabinets
that act as tiny microenvironments protecting
the collection from any contamination.
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Upon
arrival, the students examined three of
the oldest objects made by man!
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Emma
Harrower and Laura Florez excitedly study
Neolithic tools!
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Amy
Marquardt holds the oldest known object
made by humans, a stone hand ax from the
famous Olduvai Gorge.
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Satrio
Wicaksono
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Collections Tour
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June 2007
Lynne
Copes, former RTP intern, current PhD
student at Arizona University, lovingly
holds the oldest known object made by
humans, a stone hand ax from the famous
Olduvai Gorge.
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
How
to hold a hand ax? The oldest known object
made by humans, a stone hand ax from the
famous Olduvai Gorge!
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Archaeology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
These
early stone tools were excavated by famed
19th century Archaeologist and Botanist
Edward Palmer!
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Ethnology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Organized
by geographical area and then culture,
the MSC Collection allows the interns
to see and smell ancient Chinese scrolls.
(From Left): Amy Marquardt, Santiago Herrera,
Suzanne Pilaar, Cecily Marroquin
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June 2007
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Collections Tour
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June 2007
Suzanne
Pilaar checks out the space-saving textile
storage - attached photographs and barcodes
make it easy for researchers to find exactly
what tapestry they need!
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Ethnology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Laura
Florez falls in love with the feather
cape of famed Hawaiin King Kamehameha,
the Napoleon of the South Pacific.
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Ethnology
Collections Tour
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June 2007
Suzanne
Pilaar
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Archaeology
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June 2007
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June 2007
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Archaeology
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Satrio
Wicaksono, Elis Marina Silva and Laura
Lagomarsino
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Collections Tour
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June 2007
The
aroma of the contents of these pipes can
still be experienced at MSC.
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Collections Tour
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Intricately
decorated tiny shoes from China were used
to bind women's feet.
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Collections Tour
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A
delicately woven California basket.
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Archaeology
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Collections Tour
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Any
guesses? Why is Commandor Perry's dog
sled team included in the Ethnology Collection
and not in the Mammal collection?
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Collections Tour
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June 2007
No,
these college students aren't begging
for money! At the Museum Support Center,
the RTP Interns practice a new technique
for touching specimens - using the backs
of their hands.
(From Front to Back): Cecily Marroquin,
Suzanne Pilaar, Amy Marquardt and Santiago
Herrera
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Collections Tour
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June 2007
A
view of the large collection of large
fluid preserved specimens!
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June 2007
Students
are dwarfed by the huge cast of a sculpture
from the Olmec Civilization of ancient
Mexico behind them.
(From Left Front Row): Morgan Little,
Laura Flore, Santiago Herrera, Amy Marquardt,
Addison Kemp (From Left Back Row): Miles
Collins, Suzanne Pilaar, Cecily Marroquin
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Photo
captions by Morgan Little
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