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Guidelines for the Archiving of Roman Pottery  Edited by Margaret J Darling  1994

CONTENTS:
PREFACE..................................…..........................................................................…………….ii
1
  INTRODUCTION..+ rest of pages (approx 150kb)...................................…..........…………...i

2  DEFINITION OF THE CERAMIC ARCHIVE..............................................…………………1
3  EXTENT OF A CERAMIC ARCHIVE.............................................................……………….1
4  THE NECESSITY FOR AN AGREED MINIMUM ARCHIVE
………………………………..2
5  DEFINITION OF A POTTERY ARCHIVE……………………………………………………2
6  THE SITE ARCHIVE: PHASE 1: Primary site data (MAP2,Appendix3)
…………..…………2
7  THE SITE ARCHIVE: PHASE 2: The ceramic archive(MAP2,Appendix3)
……..……………3
8  THE CONTENTS OF THE CERAMIC ARCHIVE
......................................…………………..3
       8.1     Record of ware or fabrics...................................................................................……….…...3
         8.2     Record of vessel classes/forms and/or vessel types
.............……………...................………….4
         8.3     Record of quantities
……………………………………………………………………….4
         8.4    Measures
…………………………………………………………………………………4
         8.5     Record of decoration, surface treatment, stamps………………………………………………..4
         8.6     Record of obvious sherd links between contexts
.....................................................……….……4
         8.7     Record of condition of group
………………………………………………………………...4
         8.8     Indication of probable illustration requirements
......................................................…………….5
         8.9     Date
……………………………………………………………………………………...5
         8.10   Future potential ....................................................................................................…………5

9  COMPUTER USE……………………………………………………………………..………5

ROMAN POTTERY ARCHIVE GUIDELINES: ACCOMPANYING NOTES…….………..6

THE ARCHIVE …………………………………………………………………………………..6
NOTES TO THE DOCUMENT ………………………………………………………….………7

3       The extent of a Ceramic Archive ..................………………………………………………7

4       The Necessity for an agreed Minimum Archive …………………………………………..  7

5       Definition of a pottery archive …………………………………………………………… .7

6       THE SITE ARCHIVE: Phase 1: Primary Site Data ………………………………………..7

7       THE SITE ARCHIVE: Phase2: The Ceramic Archive………………………………………7

8       The contents of the Ceramic Archive ……………………………………………………….8

9       Computer use ……........…………………………………………………………………….9

 

GLOSSARY...............................................................................................................…………...10

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………………….…...11

 

Published by the Study Group the Roman Pottery

c/o Louise Rayner. London Archaeological Archive and Research Centre,

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