Roles and Responsabilities in the Archiving Process#
This questionnaire aims at making a survey on the actual roles and responsabilities within the institutions in charge of archiving the archaeological documentation. The results of the survey made within the scope of the ARCHES project will be published on this website.
If you are interested in obtaining a copy of this questionnaire or if you are interested in joining the EAC-Archaeological Archives Working Party (see ARCHES Background of the project), please send us a mail to the following address: arches@e-a-c.org
You can download the complete questionnaire here
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1. Planning#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you are initiating a new project which requires you to tender for work | |||
| If you are planning out a new project, or a new phase of a project |
2. Data Gathering#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you are creating a written, drawn or photographic record | |||
| If you are creating digital material | |||
| If you are collecting finds | |||
| If you find human remains | |||
| If you are collecting scientific samples on site |
3. Analysis#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you are creating new documents, drawings or photographs | |||
| If you are a specialist creating new documents, drawings or photographs | |||
| If you are creating born digital material | |||
| If you are a specialist creating born digital material | |||
| If you create a reference collection/type series during finds analysis | |||
| If finds are being sent out to external specialists | |||
| If you are an external specialist returning finds |
4. Reporting / Publication#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| If text is created | |||
| If drawings and photographs are created | |||
| If digital material is created |
5. Archive Compilation#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| If you are compiling written documents | |||
| If you are compiling drawings | |||
| If you are compiling photographs | |||
| If you are compiling digital material | |||
| If you are preparing finds | |||
| If you are preparing human remains | |||
| If you are preparing scientific samples |
6. Curation#
| Question | Action | Archive Task | Person Responsible for Archive Task |
|---|---|---|---|
| All elements of the archaeological archive | |||
| Written material | |||
| Drawings | |||
| Photographs | |||
| Digital archive | |||
| Objects | |||
| Human remains | |||
| Scientific samples |