Collection Overview

In 2009, Reclamation estimates that it has 3,134,602 objects in Reclamation facilities and 5,208,543 objects in non-Reclamation facilities for a total of 8,343,145 objects. Approximately 99.5 percent of the estimated total collection is composed of archaeological items and their associated documentation collected from Reclamation land.

Discipline	Estimated Number of Objects in Reclamation Facilities	Estimated Number of Objects in Non-Reclamation Facilties	Total Estimated Collection Size
Archaeology	2,428,757	4,638,997	7,067,754
Art	10	309	319
Ethnology	4	4	8
History	2,263	45	2,308
Documents	703,561	554,346	1,257,907
Biology	2	0	2
Paleontology	0	14,834	14,834
Geology	5	8	13
Total Number of Objects	3,134,602	5,208,543	8,343,145

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Page Last Updated November 20, 2009

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