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Post-excavtion reporting
There is more to the production of a publication text that the receipt and collation of your specialist reports. To maximise the archaeological value of these analyses, it may be necessary to edit the reports to ensure they clearly address the archaeological framework and questions you are addressing. The combination of several scientific environmental reports may allow new themes, issues and ideas to be addressed and explored providing better and fuller understanding of your site and its activities. A good example of this is Potterne, Wiltshire, where the archaeologists and environmental scientists were overwhelmed by the quantity and preservation data that this was, initially, a barrier to the high level of excellent interpretation that was eventually reached through review, editing and an overview reporting. Other examples where good editing and supply of an environmental overview are Dorchester by-pass, (Wessex Archaeology report 11), and the British Archaeological Award winning Mary Rose volume Before the Mast; life and death aboard the Mary Rose. |
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