9th January 2006, 06:21 PM
From Crummy, N. 1983, 3 Colchester archaeological report 2: The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9:
An excavated object which needs more detailed initial recording, more detailed description in publication, and possibly a more controlled environment for storage than, for example, pottery sherds or fragments of animal bones.
Also known as special finds, single finds and registered finds
Although I agree that specifics should be agreed on a project by project basis e.g. I have always found the spatial information from nails ( door lines, structural evidence) to be potentially extremely useful, but they are often counted as bulk find?
An excavated object which needs more detailed initial recording, more detailed description in publication, and possibly a more controlled environment for storage than, for example, pottery sherds or fragments of animal bones.
Also known as special finds, single finds and registered finds
Although I agree that specifics should be agreed on a project by project basis e.g. I have always found the spatial information from nails ( door lines, structural evidence) to be potentially extremely useful, but they are often counted as bulk find?