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Under prior circumstances it was very difficult to access and utilize the substantial collections accumulated in the course of Paul Martin's research and there was no effective summary of these materials that could be used to respond to requests for detailed information. The previous electronic database offered little more than a composite artifact list from each Martin site. The Field Museum has adopted FileMaker Pro software, and the Martin data have been transferred into this format. For those items that had previously been catalogued and entered in the electronic database, there was no consistency in the description of the artifacts; we have now standardized the catalog entries. There are over 250,000 items in the collection that were never catalogued; we are currently engaged in the process of cataloging those items.
The Anthropology Department continues to receive numerous inquiries regarding the Martin collection. This is due partially to Martin's excellent publication record and the ease with which researchers can acquire copies of Fieldiana, the primary avenue for publication of Martin's research. The site reports that Martin published in Fieldiana are basic and inadequate for modern research needs, however.
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