Common Standards for Archaeology

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quote:Originally posted by Sith

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

Having said that,it will soon be twenty years since PPG16 was introduced and we should be moving towards one system being used by all museums.

This is an issue for the museums (and UKIC), who aren't affected by PPG16 except that they get a load of junk that they don't want from the archaeologists.

quote:one recording system for all units to use

This would be great but I can already hear the rumblings about who's system or sheets are best.

Multiple or single-context planning anyone? [:p]


D. Vader
Senior Consultant

Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants

Don't make me destroy you, Curator

I remember a few years ago, a group of us bottom feeders put together a revised version of our units site recording manual and context sheet design, which had not really been properly updated since the late eighties/early 90's and were extremely cumbersome and timeconsuming to use. Managers didn't want to know unfortunately, as it didn't fit in the computer software the unit used,which was very badly designed indeed.

To give them credit though, they did incorporate a few of our ideas a few years later, but some of the major issues are still there.