(see also main text section 6.20)
The research archive will be derived from
all work done during the analysis phase and will comprise:
stratigraphical/structural, artefact, environmental and other
catalogues and all other records as well as details of the
methods and selection strategies used in each case. Each separate
data group should be cross-referenced to related data groups, to
the final publication, and if necessary to a general context
concordance. These should be supplemented by indices to allow
users maximum accessibility to the contents. The archive will
contain some or all of the following elements:
- context information: recording (on
duplicate copies) any amendments to original field
records resulting from analysis
- photographic catalogue: details of all
photographs taken as part of analysis
- photographs: photographs taken as part
of analysis
- stratigraphic drawings: any amended
versions (on copies) of original site plans and sections
cross-referred to earlier versions
- object catalogues: details of items
selected for analysis, publication and record drawings
and the location of objects
- object drawings: object drawings
undertaken as part of analysis either as record drawings
or for publication
- x-ray catalogue: details of all x-rays
taken as part of analysis cross-referred to object
catalogue
- x-rays: x-rays taken as part of
analysis, cross-referred to objects
- conservation records: details of
conservation undertaken during analysis, cross-referred
to objects conserved
- sample catalogues: details of samples
selected for analysis
- human bone catalogues: details
recorded for analysis
- animal bone catalogues: details
recorded for analysis
Report text derived from the above
material, and which will form the basic text from which the final
publication will be prepared, comprising:
- site narrative: an interpretative
structural and stratigraphic history of the site
illustrated by maps/plans/elevations and sections. It
should be possible to relate this back to the site
records listed above
- artefact reports: the full text,
accompanying data, and illustrations relating to those
artefacts selected for analysis. It should be possible to
relate this back to the object catalogues and to the full
publication text, especially where individual reports are
not reproduced in full
- environmental reports: the full text,
accompanying data, and illustrations relating to
environmental data selected for analysis. It should be
possible to relate this back to the environmental
catalogues and to the final publication
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