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Pacific Islands Anthropology: Archiving Field Materials: Home

A guide to resources and issues to consider when archiving field materials.

Why this guide?

"Anthropological researchers should seriously consider all reasonable requests for access to their data and other research materials for purposes of research. They should also make every effort to insure preservation of their fieldwork data for use by posterity." 

(AAA Code of Ethics, 2009)

This guide provides links and information relating to the archiving of anthropological field materials, particularly those related to research in the Pacific Islands.