Context sheet
Definition
The primary recording document for a single context: a standardised form capturing description, dimensions, relationships, samples, and finds before the context is removed or disturbed.
Related terms
- Context number
- A unique integer assigned to each discrete stratigraphic unit at the moment of identification. Numbers are sequential and non-reusable. Even if a...
- Photographic log
- A written record, kept on site alongside the context records, that logs each photograph with its file name, date, time, photographer, subject...
- Relationship matrix
- A section of the context sheet or a separate table that lists which contexts this context is directly above, directly below, and...
- Site archive
- The complete record of a forensic excavation: field notebooks, context sheets, photographic record, sample register, finds catalogue, and digital survey data. In...
- Skeleton context sheet
- A context sheet with additional fields specific to human remains: skeletal element list, body position, articulation status, orientation, and cross-references to associated...
Explained in
- Single-Context Recording SystemThe primary recording document for a single context: a standardised form capturing description, dimensions, relationships, samples, and finds before the contex...