20th October 2013, 03:26 PM
My memory of it was the EH paper sheets were only temporary until the full data was in Intrasis & thoroughly cross-checked, after which they could become chip wrappers. The sketches were scanned as images, with their own existence in the database. I've got no issue with that approach, as long as the database can be preserved and used in perpetuity. However, even in its stricken state, EH can throw digital resources at projects that the commercial world can only dream of - hence the spec based on "paper only" earlier.
I agree with you on the dangers of the back side of the sheet, but where else can sketches go if you don't want to kill whole forests? The handy thing about the reverse of the sheet is that it stays with the CXT. I know EH did draw up "sketch" sheets to address the whole "lazy photocopying" problem, but sometimes I think we archsaeologists go a long way round just to avoid the unpleasant task of proper discipline! (Do any other professions go to great lengths to leave the backs of forms blank?...)
As for strat vs physical relationship mingling, there's a lot to be said for laying them out as separate well-labelled areas of the sheet to help dispell confusion, coupled with a firm eye of the supervisor.
I agree with you on the dangers of the back side of the sheet, but where else can sketches go if you don't want to kill whole forests? The handy thing about the reverse of the sheet is that it stays with the CXT. I know EH did draw up "sketch" sheets to address the whole "lazy photocopying" problem, but sometimes I think we archsaeologists go a long way round just to avoid the unpleasant task of proper discipline! (Do any other professions go to great lengths to leave the backs of forms blank?...)
As for strat vs physical relationship mingling, there's a lot to be said for laying them out as separate well-labelled areas of the sheet to help dispell confusion, coupled with a firm eye of the supervisor.