Inventory and Global Management in Archaeology: the example of the Neuchâtel Museum
2004; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 56; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1350-0775.2004.00484.x
ISSN1468-0033
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
ResumoClick to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes1. This work contains an introduction to the objectives and choices that determined the design of the system. This is completed by a practical part which describes each heading of the registration form. Lastly, an illustrated technical part is made up of specific thesauri, such as decors, techniques or shapes of recipients.2. The former Cantonal Museum of archaeology in Neuchâtel has become the Latenium and was inaugurated on 7 September 2001. It is the result of a synergy between museum, park, cantonal archaeology service, Institute of Pre-history attached to the University, laboratory of conservation-restoration and dendrochronology. The Latenium gets its name from the nearby site of Marin/La Tène, which is known for having given its name to the Second Iron Age. Constructed across from the lake, on the site of two villages built on piles, dating back respectively from 3800 and 1050 to 870 B.C., the museum is surrounded by the archaeological park. The visitor therefore benefits from a continuity between exhibition halls, which mainly display objects of local heritage and, outdoors, completely reconstituted structures (houses on piles, tumulus, Roman garden, etc.). Henceforth, the Latenium belongs to the history of the site; it received the Museum Prize from the Council of Europe in 2003. The repository open to visitors preserves more than 800,000 objects and concentrates on the presentation of typological ensembles of material, grouped according to era or culture. The permanent exhibition comprises 3,000 objects from this ensemble.3. Archéologie suisse. L'archéologie neuchâteloise revisitée [Swiss Archaeology. Neuchâtel's Archaeology revisited], Basle, Société Suisse de Préhistoire et d'Archéologie, 25, 2002, 80 pp. [Google Scholar] 4. This ruling is equally applied to the financing of archaeological excavations carried out along railway routes.5. N. Tissot, Protection juridique des vestiges archéologiques – Problèmes liés au droit des expropriations et de l'aménagement du territoire [Legal Protection of Archaeological Vestiges – Problems Linked to Expropriation Rights and Regional Development], Neuchâtel, Éditions Ides et Calendes, 1991, 262 pp. [Google Scholar] 6. J. Bruelisauer, Der Verband der Museen der Schweiz, Archéologie suisse [Swiss Archeology], pp. 48–9, Basle, Société Suisse de Préhistoire et d'Archéologie, 21/2, 1998. [Google Scholar] 7. The people of Neuchâtel, aware of the value of their heritage, voted to allocate funds for the construction of the museum and its museography, see Architecture suisse 2002, pp. 145–4 [Google Scholar]. Architecture suisse Laténium-Parc et Musée d'archéologie de Neuchâtel 2068 Hauterive (Neuchâtel) [Swiss Architecture], AIX 10, 2002, 145, pp. 1–4. [Google Scholar]8. As a comparison, The Museum of National Antiquities in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France) uses a system that provides a level of extreme precision: the hierarchy within the headings can range to seven degrees and there are multiple fields. On the other hand, the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Louvre uses a much more concise system. The precision of the tool thus varies considerably from one museum to another.9. See Ian Hodder, The Archaeology of Contextual Meaning, Cambridge University Press, 1987 [Google Scholar], quoted by Philippe Jockey, L'archéologie [Archaeology], Paris, Belin, 1999. [Google Scholar]
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