AT25-038 HCAA: “HCAA- What happens after the dirt: the continuing lifecycle of artifacts and records in a repository.”,

Event Title: “HCAA- What happens after the dirt: the continuing lifecycle of artifacts and records in a repository., Kerrville

VMS-AT: AT: Hill Country Chapter Other Approved Training (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Location, and Presenter)

Comments: AT25-038 HCAA: “HCAA- What happens after the dirt: the continuing lifecycle of artifacts and records in a repository.”, Kerrville, Presenter:
Marybeth Tomka (AT=1 hr)

Event Date: 01/18/2025
Event Time: 1:00p-2:00p
Doors open at 12:30 pm. Member meeting at 1:00 pm followed by Presentation

Event Summary: Learn what happens to archeological artifacts and records.

Event Description: The presentation will talk about the forgotten parts of archeology. It will focus on the state of collections “curated” many years ago, how the standards have changed, and why so many of our collections need to be rehabilitated to be accessible. The takeaway: how the storage conditions of the documentation and artifacts affects the collections usefulness for research years down the line with an emphasis on tracking what happened in between.

Marybeth Tomka has a bachelors and masters in Anthropology-Archaeology from UT-Austin. Originally from New York, she has lived in the Central Texas area for the past 47 years. She has worked with state agencies, CRM firms, and the UT system as a lab director, project manager and curator of collections. In 2012 she received her Professional Certification in Collections Management from the University of Victoria in Canada. Although she has done both field work and lab work/curatorial duties, having a family and a spouse also doing archaeology, doing curatorial work has been the highlight of her career. She retired from UT Austin – TARL in 2022 and formed Argyle Archaeological Services to do curatorial consulting and training and is currently subcontracting on several projects as well as doing some repatriation consulting.
Marybeth has been active in the Texas Archeological Society the last 40 plus years as an officer, a committee chair, ceramics academy instructor, and a committee member receiving a President’s Award and a Distinguished Service Award for her service. She is also active in the Council of Texas Archeologists serving as Newsletter editor, committee chair and committee member since 1982. She has also been active committee member in the national organizations of the Society for American Archaeology, Society for Historical Archaeology, and most recently the American Cultural Resources Association that has appointed her to the Archaeological Collections Consortium as one of their representatives for this collections’ advocacy group.
Finally, she loves teaching small groups about her passion for best practices in collections care and management.
Cost: Free

Register: No Registration Necessary

Event Location:

Riverside Nature Center
150 Francisco Lemos Street
Kerrville, Texas 78028

Presenter: Marybeth Tomka

Contact Information: Francoise Wilson mzfmw@yahoo.com

Organization Website: https://hcarcheology.org/

Sponsoring Organization
HCAA