AD1.1 Confirm requirements for analysis and interpretation
AD1.2 Carry out agreed programme of analysis and interpretation
AD1.3 Prepare and submit reports
This unit is for archaeologists who undertake the analysis and interpretation of archaeological material and data. This work may be undertaken as part of a research project or be guided by a research framework but it is also relevant to any other circumstances where analysis and interpretation of archaeological material and data are required. It will cover data sets such as primary excavation records or SMR records and materials including historic documents, artefacts, and palaeoenvironmental assemblages.
Analysis and interpretation should be undertaken to an agreed programme of work that specifies the objectives of the analysis, methods to be employed, the content of any reports and a timetable for the programme.
This unit does not set standards for the wide range of scientific procedures which may be relevant to analysis, for example the chemical and physical analysis of materials. These will be normally carried out by laboratory technicians to standards defined by the ST+M Council. The task of the archaeologist in this situation is to specify the tests and interpret the results.
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