DAMSEG - Database of Archaeological Material from Swedish Excavations in Greece
The database has been compiled as an inventory of mainly published and
exhibited material from the Swedish excavations in the Argolid.
This database can, and hopefully will be extended in the future
to encompass material from all Swedish excavations in Greece.
It will eventually comprise both human and animal bones and
information on conservation treatment of ceramics and metals.
We also hope it can be complemented with photographs, drawings,
diaries etc in the future.
As indicated the database is primarily
an inventory, but it can also be used to assist scholars in the
study of material in the Nauplion Museum storerooms from the
Swedish excavations in the Argolid. To facilitate such a study
further, material from the same excavations stored in other
collections and museums has been added...
What material can presently be found in the database
All material from the Swedish excavations so far published, is
included in the database, whether in Nauplion or in the other
stated museums. This further holds true for all material in
the new exhibitions in the Nauplion Museum and a small amount
of material, which received NM inventory numbers a long time
ago. On the other hand, there is still inventoried material
(which was entered into the Museum inventory ledgers a long
time ago), which has not yet been included in the database,
as it came to out attention only recently. This is the material which
we had largely thought of as lost during the Second World War,
but which has, to our great satisfaction, resurfaced in the
basement storerooms of the Leonardo.
How to use the database
As pointed out above the database is above all an inventory and has
not been created primarily as a research tool. The reasons
should be obvious. There was no standardized way of recording
material in the old days and therefore exact proveniences
are mostly not extant. This is not to say that the database
cannot be used as a research tool. It records the material
excavated by Swedish archaeologists and stored in the said
museums and thus anyone who wishes to study this material can
refer to it, when applying for permits to do so. This is particularly
important for applications, where it is required to list each
individual object to be studied. The database will further
greatly facilitate work both for the staff of the Museum at
Nauplion and at the Institute. Museum inventory numbers have
been included where extant, following the museum standards of
ascribing numbers to complete or nearly complete objects and
objects of particular value.
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