Abstract Previous documentation and management methods for archaeological collections can have significant impacts on NAGPRA compliance and repatriation efforts. This article describes challenges faced during the 2021 repatriation of the Angel Mounds collection at Indiana University, with an emphasis on complications resulting from its status as a legacy collection. Efforts needed to harness original documentation, improve information management, and redocument ancestral remains are discussed. Recommendations are offered to aid other NAGPRA practitioners with repatriation of similarly large or complicated legacy collections.
Olafardottir-Hamilton et al. (Wed,) studied this question.