25th May 2007, 04:13 PM
Posted by Gumbo:
Nothing to do with the system - everything to do with the attitude of the people in charge.
My own approach when running excavations was to involve as many people as possible in as many different parts of the recording process, but make sure that I trained them and supervised them to do it in a consistent way.
1man1desk
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Quote:quoteear 1 man as far as I recall there is a lot of literature that disagrees with you. In the late 70's/80's there was a big drive about method of recording being a potential fulcrum for empowerment, not simply 'who' was allowed to do the recording. Is this all outdated now?Not sure that I've got my point across. Most recording systems specify the method of recording, but say nothing about who is allowed to record. Once you get on site though, some Project Officers/Supervisors/Unit management encourage all experienced site staff to fill in context sheets etc, while others are very restrictive, keeping it to one or two specific people on the site.
Nothing to do with the system - everything to do with the attitude of the people in charge.
My own approach when running excavations was to involve as many people as possible in as many different parts of the recording process, but make sure that I trained them and supervised them to do it in a consistent way.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished