9th April 2009, 12:52 PM
I suppose at the end of the day such practices just seem like another way of cutting costs potentially at the expense of archaeology, but obviously it goes on all the time in all types of organisations (I have seen the slightly hap-hazard manner in which finds were stored at at least one large RAO!) If you went to an accredited museum and they had artefacts randomly piled about, heaped in the staff room, under tables etc you might not be overly impressed - hang on, I think I've been to a few museums like that. Never mind!
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PS I'm currently working with Modern Records which are coming from amalgamated District Authorities. Most archaeological units I've seen are amazingly well organised in comparison..... It's a bit along the lines of 'ooo look, we've got a strongroom here we didn't know we had.... I wonder if these keys fit? Oh, I wonder what these records are? Do you want them? ....'
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PS I'm currently working with Modern Records which are coming from amalgamated District Authorities. Most archaeological units I've seen are amazingly well organised in comparison..... It's a bit along the lines of 'ooo look, we've got a strongroom here we didn't know we had.... I wonder if these keys fit? Oh, I wonder what these records are? Do you want them? ....'