The best book I've seen is Archives of the Ancient World by Ernst Posner.
The original book was done by Harvard University Press in 1972. I think it
has been reprinted. It may be my records management background but a number
of the facilities listed are more records center than archive.

Bob

Robert F. Nawrocki CRM
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Records Management and Imaging Services Division
The Library of Virginia
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>From: "Gervais, John" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Cave paintings, was: RE: Finally Kutztown makes the RAIN
>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:22:26 -0500
>
>To continue the cave painting theme a little further, does anyone find this
>subject as fascinating as me? How were records managed way back then? It is
>truly amazing that there are still actual artefacts of the written word in
>existence which date thousands of years ago!  Wouldn't that be a truly
>wonderful records management job, working with these records.
>
>http://www.historian.net/hxwrite.htm
>
>http://www.newarchaeology.com/articles/writing.shtm
>
>
>John A. Gervais
>Program Manager
>Policy and Standards Section
>Information Policy and Governance Division
>Intergovernmental and International Affairs Directorate
>Policy and Planning Branch
>Canada Revenue Agency
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