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BUFFALO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE LITHIC LABORATORY
Ezra Zubrow (APYEZRA@UBVMS.CC.BUFFALO.EDU)
Wed, 4 May 1994 17:07:32 -0400
This message announces the opening of the Holland Comparative
Lithic Laboratory at the Buffalo Museum of Science. The laboratory
houses a compartative collection of over 3000 lithic materials
known to be have been used prehistorically throughout North America.
Current reserach includes development of a master database of the collection,
a directory of other lithic laboratories and collections, computerized
mapping projects, ultraviolet fluorescence characterization, and
a thesaurus of names which have been associated with each type of
lithic material. Future plans include thermal alteration and full
petrographic studies of all materials.
The laboratory has been assembled through the efforts of John Holland over
the last decade. Most of the samples have been personally collected at
outcrops.
The laboratory requests information regarding well provenienced samples
from any individuals who have collections or access to lithic resources.
Please contact the HOLLAND COMPARATIVE LITHIC LABORATORY directly.
They do not have an email address.
Their address follows:
Mr. John D. Holland
Director of the Holland Comparative Lithic Laboratory
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
Buffalo, New York 14211
716-896- 5200 ext 292
fax 716-897-6723.
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