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The Value of Fossil Collections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2017

Warren D. Allmon  and
Terry P. Poulton
Warren D. Allmon
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Paleontological Research Institution, 1259 Trumansburg Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Terry P. Poulton
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of Canada, 3303-33 St., NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2L 2A7
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“VALUE,” WROTE John Ruskin (1862), “is the life-giving power of anything; cost, the quantity of labor required to produce it; price, the quantity of labor which its possessor will take in exchange for it”. These distinctions see obvious enough. Yet in the bustle of everyday modern life in a highly materialistic society, it seems increasingly difficult to separate “value” from “cost” and “price”. How do we — as individuals, groups, or a society — assign a value to something? What, in fact, do we value? A glance at television or a popular magazine offers some clues. We value things economic, those associated with “making a living”, with solving the everyday problems of making one's way in the world. We value things that enhance our position or status in society, or that make our lives easier or give us pleasure or diversion. We value things that make our lives meaningful. We do not tend to necessarily value what's good for us, at least not simply because someone tells us it is.

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The Paleontological Society Special Publications , Volume 10: Guidelines for the Management and Curation of Invertebrate Fossil Collections including a Data Model and Standards for Computerization , 2000 , pp. 5 - 24
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