1st June 2005, 06:17 PM
Was discussing on-site today, if single context recording (SCR), in use in a deeply-stratified urban context then, supervisory staff should be maintaining the integrity of the record. Supervisors and on occasion above, cannot be expected to excavate and maintain the record simultaneously. Snag sheets? Anyone put them up on the board anymore? Hand-over sheets for orphaned archaeology with a prospective foster parent just arrived-how many times has a digger not been provided with an adequate record of work already carried out on his/her little patch of site? Duplications? Ommissions? I think single context recording is sexy and, has skip-loads of potential if-controlled by dedicated staff (no pun intended). Is it neccesary to allocate a drawing number? Won`t context number suffice in a SCR environment? still recovering from spontaneous bladder-emptying ref "diggin with spoons" above...