ABSTRACT

The end product of most field projects should be an archive of material remains, field records and material analyses, together with a report. The archive must be deposited in a professionally-curated institution like a museum, and the report should be published. Both must be publicly available. The archive essentially comprises all primary data relating to the field project. In the case of an excavation or field survey involving surface collection, the artefacts, ecofacts and residues of any environmental samples will form the bulk of the archive, although this material will be of little use without its associated archive record.