PAHMA authority—Department

This hierarchical authority replaces the "Responsible Department" list
This authority still needs a lot of thought.
This authority relies on implicit inheritance (if an object is assigned to "Photographic prints", it is understood to also be assigned to "Media (film and recordings)".
This authority may need to be broken down into multiple authorities.

Object types		notes
Select department(s)	default text
	default value
Basketry
— Basketry impressions
Biological remains
— Botanical remains
— Human remains
—— Human skeletal remains
— Faunal remains
— Shells
Books and papers
— Maps
Casts and molds
Coins and medals
Cuneiform tablets
Furniture
Lithics
Media (film and recordings)
— Audio recordings
— Photographs and images
—— Negatives
—— Photographic prints
—— Transparencies
— Video recordings
Netsuke
Paintings, prints and drawings
— Paintings
— Rubbings and squeezes
Pottery and ceramics
Scientific apparatus
Textiles
Areas of interest
Archaeology
Conservation
— Metals
— Organics
Ethnography
Linguistics
Museum history
NAGPRA
Physical anthropology
Registration
— Accessions
— Temporary numbers
—— Temporary basket numbers
— Unused Museum numbers
Cultural groups
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Mediterranean
Ancient Mesopotamia
Native America
— Native California
— Ancient Peru
Geographic regions
Africa
Asia
— China
— Japan
— Malaysia
— Philippines
Europe
Oceania
The Americas
— North America
—— Mexico
—— United States
——— California
——— Alaska
——— Arizona
——— Nevada
——— Oregon
——— Washington
—— Canada
— Central America and Caribbean
— South America
geographic region unknown
Accessioned collections
Alaska Commercial Co. Collection
Barr Collection
Bascom Collection
Bender Collection
Bernard-Murray Collection
Blair Memorial Collection
Design Department Collection
— Dorothy Liebes Collection
Gregory Collection
Phoebe A. Hearst Collection
Kelly Collection
Lillard Collection
Mossman-Vitale Collection
Whittaker-Tellefsen Collection
Collecting events
Reisner's Egyptian expeditions
Uhle's Peruvian expeditions
UCAS: Univ. of Calif. Archaeological Survey

The XML for this controlled list has been revised and rewritten as an authority:

The Spectrum definition is:

Responsible department/section
Definition	The responsible department. Omitted from published list, but referred to.
How to record
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The PAHMA definition is:

Department
Definition	A high-level grouping of cataloged objects and other materials in the Museum.
How to record
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