24th April 2012, 02:42 PM
Nice idea Jack... RCAHMS once trialled a version of that. though they soon realised the data storage was IMMENSE! and the intial cross referencing of everything was even more so. though - you can't use that excuse for ever, as it only gets bigger, not smaller.
In the example you could zoom in, see trenches then bring up contexts then view finds and samples from that context. and the other neat bit was temporal distribution of an artefact - where - for example a stone came from a quarry, via a workshop to a port, to another port to a site, to another site... etc.......... so tracing the origin, manufacture and use of an item. cross linked to other sites with the item, location of origins etc........... yipes!
ANYWAY
Next subject....
Taking samples? Environmental... anyone? When to take and why?
In the example you could zoom in, see trenches then bring up contexts then view finds and samples from that context. and the other neat bit was temporal distribution of an artefact - where - for example a stone came from a quarry, via a workshop to a port, to another port to a site, to another site... etc.......... so tracing the origin, manufacture and use of an item. cross linked to other sites with the item, location of origins etc........... yipes!
ANYWAY
Next subject....
Taking samples? Environmental... anyone? When to take and why?