National Occupational Standards in
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AE3 Identify and describe archaeological items

Elements

AE3.1 Provide a description of an item

AE3.2 Identify and classify an item

AE3.3 Describe the potential significance of an item as an archaeological resource

Unit Commentary

This unit is for archaeologists who are required to have knowledge of a class of items or specific groups of items, e.g. curators, conservators, finds officers. It includes people who have to identify and describe items either in their own organisation or in the collections of others.

This unit covers describing the items, which involves examining them in an appropriate fashion, and then describing their features and how they relate to other items as well as identifying items, i.e. stating what they are (as far as is possibl, and providing a rationale for how the identification has been made.

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