1 00:00:00,239 --> 00:00:02,295 We're at the University of Georgia . 2 00:00:02,295 --> 00:00:04,406 The Laboratory of Archaeology is part 3 00:00:04,406 --> 00:00:06,406 of the Department of Anthropology . 4 00:00:06,406 --> 00:00:08,239 We've been a laboratory formally 5 00:00:08,239 --> 00:00:10,920 established in 1947 . So we have over 6 00:00:10,930 --> 00:00:13,250 70 year history here . The Laboratory 7 00:00:13,260 --> 00:00:15,460 of Archaeology houses significant 8 00:00:15,470 --> 00:00:18,100 collections from around the state and 9 00:00:18,110 --> 00:00:20,469 the surrounding region . And part of 10 00:00:20,479 --> 00:00:23,180 our mission is to collaborate with the 11 00:00:23,190 --> 00:00:25,799 Senate . Communities , provide outreach 12 00:00:25,809 --> 00:00:28,013 and education , conservation and 13 00:00:28,023 --> 00:00:30,693 preservation of the history of the 14 00:00:30,702 --> 00:00:33,092 American Southeast . In the facility , 15 00:00:33,103 --> 00:00:36,652 we have over 12,000 boxes and 16 00:00:36,662 --> 00:00:39,893 associated records and images that all 17 00:00:39,902 --> 00:00:42,362 pertain to archaeological sites around 18 00:00:42,373 --> 00:00:45,452 the Georgia and the surrounding regions . 19 00:00:45,463 --> 00:00:48,963 In addition to curating the artifacts 20 00:00:48,972 --> 00:00:51,173 and collections that were done by 21 00:00:51,182 --> 00:00:54,765 faculty , we also curate for 22 00:00:54,776 --> 00:00:57,645 the Army Corps of Engineers , the US 23 00:00:57,655 --> 00:01:00,125 Navy , the National Park Service . The 24 00:01:00,136 --> 00:01:02,956 reason why we do that is we're one of a 25 00:01:02,965 --> 00:01:05,132 few facilities in the state that meets 26 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:07,132 federal guidelines and standards to 27 00:01:07,132 --> 00:01:09,076 house those collections . The Army 28 00:01:09,076 --> 00:01:11,243 Corps collections are significant on a 29 00:01:11,243 --> 00:01:14,195 national and international scale in 30 00:01:14,206 --> 00:01:16,286 terms of their importance to the 31 00:01:16,295 --> 00:01:18,351 descendant communities . But in , in 32 00:01:18,351 --> 00:01:21,669 the importance to uh broader us history 33 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,190 and and really international human 34 00:01:25,199 --> 00:01:27,639 history as well . For example , when de 35 00:01:27,709 --> 00:01:30,139 SOTO comes through what is now the 36 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:32,949 United States . He encounters a number 37 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,489 of prominent indigenous Native American 38 00:01:35,500 --> 00:01:37,760 polities , one of which is Kusa . Some 39 00:01:37,769 --> 00:01:39,735 of the within the mobile core 40 00:01:39,745 --> 00:01:42,525 collections are representative of that 41 00:01:42,535 --> 00:01:44,544 event . And so those are really 42 00:01:44,555 --> 00:01:48,175 important moments in history that speak 43 00:01:48,184 --> 00:01:50,764 at a national level . The Corps of 44 00:01:50,775 --> 00:01:52,964 Engineer , the collections themselves 45 00:01:52,974 --> 00:01:56,915 hold a wide variety of artifacts from 46 00:01:57,139 --> 00:02:00,720 highly decorated detailed skilled 47 00:02:00,730 --> 00:02:03,839 ceramics that you know , were produced 48 00:02:04,050 --> 00:02:07,080 hundreds or thousands of years ago to 49 00:02:07,089 --> 00:02:10,119 stone spear points that were once used 50 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:12,910 to hunt a large game , really 51 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,110 significant collections in terms of 52 00:02:15,119 --> 00:02:19,119 providing a broad understanding of a 53 00:02:19,369 --> 00:02:22,470 really long time frame and thousands of 54 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:24,479 years of indigenous Native American 55 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:27,139 history . First and foremost , I think 56 00:02:27,149 --> 00:02:30,630 uh for us is not just about the the 57 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,750 things in boxes but about the 58 00:02:32,759 --> 00:02:34,981 information they convey and about their 59 00:02:34,981 --> 00:02:37,148 importance to descendant communities . 60 00:02:37,148 --> 00:02:39,550 Second thing uh about that is that 61 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:41,869 these are not simply objects that are 62 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,529 put upon shelf , but that they're , we 63 00:02:44,539 --> 00:02:46,940 actively engage to take care of them to 64 00:02:46,949 --> 00:02:49,410 steward the information . Um and also 65 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:52,410 convey that the third aspect to it is 66 00:02:52,419 --> 00:02:54,530 that in taking care of those things , 67 00:02:54,530 --> 00:02:56,752 we're also training the next generation 68 00:02:56,752 --> 00:02:59,100 of curators of collections managers of 69 00:02:59,110 --> 00:03:01,289 researchers . We're not only training 70 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:03,467 students , but we're constantly trying 71 00:03:03,467 --> 00:03:05,610 to find innovative ways to do that in 72 00:03:05,619 --> 00:03:08,940 better ways , in bigger ways and ways 73 00:03:08,949 --> 00:03:11,479 in which that are commensurate with 74 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:13,720 descendant tribal descendant community 75 00:03:13,729 --> 00:03:15,840 concerns . As Well , so I think those 76 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,149 are the things that really , uh , make 77 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,009 this a special place to do what we do .