The Archaeologist’s Guide To Good Practice: a Handbook for Post-Excavation Analysis of Stratigraphic and Chronological Data

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Recent work on The Matrix project (AH/T002093/1) identified a number of issues with the way archaeological information is deposited in digital archives. There are noticeable differences in the completeness of data that get digitally archived from archaeological fieldwork undertaken by different organizations in the UK. This is particularly evident in the quantities and re-usability of data deposited as the result of commercially funded work as opposed to academic investigations (e.g. university or national agency funded). A follow-up project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AG2GP-Handbook), is creating a good practice guide for for use in development-led archaeology (CRM). By drawing together the collective expertise of the main commercial contractors that undertake archaeological fieldwork as part of the development control process in the UK and, in consultation with other stakeholders, we have taken a consortium approach to distill, document and support best working practice and develop online resources for archaeological post-excavation analysis. This has established an open source access Handbook that sets out a cross-sectoral set of common procedures that reflect and enshrine best practice in post-excavation analysis work of stratigraphic and chronological data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38604.0