Bulletin 1, 1995
Appendix 1: Guide to Information Recovery Levels
Level |
Operation |
Find |
Component |
Context |
Feature |
Structure |
A |
Machining |
Plot 2-D |
(not recovered) |
Outline Plan |
Outline Plan |
Outline Plan |
Fieldwalking |
Plot 2-D |
(not recovered) |
(not recovered) |
Inferred from density plot |
Inferred from density plot |
|
Geophysics |
(not recovered) |
(not recovered) |
(not recovered) |
Inferred from density plot |
Inferred from density plot |
|
Topographics |
(not recovered) |
(not recovered) |
(not recovered) |
Inferred from map |
Inferred from map |
|
B |
Shovel scraping (definition) |
Plot 2-D |
(not recovered) |
Short Description, Outline |
Short Description, Outline |
Short Description, Outline |
Shovel excavation |
Recover by context |
Optional sampling |
Short Description, Outline Plan |
Short Description, Plan and Profile |
Short Description, Plan and Profile, Photograph (PostX) |
|
C |
Coarse trowelling (definition) |
Plot 2-D |
(not recovered) |
Description, Outline Plan |
Description, Outline Plan |
Description, Outline Plan |
Excavation |
Recover by context. Optional sieving |
Optional sampling |
Full Description, Outline Plan |
Full Description, Plan, Section, Photograph (PostX) |
Full Description, Plan, Section, Photograph (PostX) |
|
D |
Fine trowelling (definition) |
Plot 3-D |
(not recovered) |
Full Description, Detailed Plan |
Full Description, Detailed Plan, Photograph |
Full Description, Detailed Plan, Photograph |
Excavation |
Plot 3-D, Sample Sieving |
Selective sampling |
Full Description, Detailed Plan, Section, Photograph (PreX) |
Full Description, Detailed Plan, Section, Photograph (PreX, PostX) |
Full Description, Detailed Plan, Section, Photograph (by phase) |
|
E |
Detailed Excavation |
Plot 3-D, Describe Attitude, Sieve All |
Keep All |
(As Level D), Optional Colour Plan/Section |
(As Level D), Full Photographic Record |
(As Level D), Full Photographic Record |
F |
Block removal for controlled dissection |
(As Above), Photograph and Draw in situ |
(As Level E) |
(As Level E), Full Photographic Record |
(As Level E) |
(As Level E) |
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