Collection
Type
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Description
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Artifacts |
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Hawaiian Artifacts
 |
Materials from the Islands of
Hawai'i, O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i, Lana'i, and Nihoa, derived primarily from UH field projects. Inventories
of most of these collections are available. |
| Old and New World Artifacts |
Casts of Oldowan tools, type-artifacts
including Clovis and Folsom points, misc. Paleolithic and Neolithic materials including
handaxes, projectile points, scrapers, etc., ceramic fragments surface-collected from a
number of sites in the American Southwest. A nearly complete inventory of this collection is
available. |
| Historic Bottles |
This collection is under construction. It
includes whole and fragmentary bottles showing major characteristics of bottle types and
manufacturing &/or technological details. A student project paper provides a great
deal of information about these bottles. |
Historic Ceramics
 |
Also under construction, a growing
collection of historic ceramic types and designs. |
Lithic Technology Reference
Collection
 |
Examples of different types of rock;
replications of many lithic tool types, and the manufacturing debitage from these tools;
and examples of specific diagnostic characteristics. This collection belongs to
the labs manager, and can only be used in Dean 203 under supervision. A (partial) inventory is
available. |
| Show & Tell Grab Bag |
The bottom cabinet closest to the hallway
door has a collection of lithics and ceramics bits and pieces, and a flat of unsorted
midden that you can borrow without going through the labs manager. BUT, please be
considerate and return them from whence they came when you’re done with them. |
Flora
and Fauna |
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| Hawaiian Plants |
This collection has a
growing number of plants commonly found in
Hawaii. Includes dried leaves, stems, flowers, and nuts/seeds. A
partial inventory of this collection is available. |
Hawaiian Marine Shells
 |
This collection is fairly comprehensive
for much of the shell midden material found in Hawaiian sites. An
inventory is in progress. |
Fish Bones
(caution--approx. 320kb)
 |
Our fish bone reference
collection presently contains approx. 260 fish which were collected
primarily from Hawaii and Fiji, with a few from Australia. An inventory of this collection is available. |
| Bones, Other |
Includes a wide range of
birds, mammals, and amphibians. A partial
list is available. |
| Early Man Fossil Casts |
Basic collection of
"early man" casts. |
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