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Archaeological Site Inventory
Questionnaire:
"Historic document" |
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CIDOC ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITES WORKING GROUP
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE INVENTORY
QUESTIONNAIRE |
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CIDOC Archaeological
Sites Working Group
- CIDOC - documentation committee of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM)
- archaeological sites working group established in
1992 at ICOM meetings in Canada
- 4 countries represented at first meeting
- current membership is 49 individuals from 20
countries
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OBJECTIVES
- to facilitate communications between national and
international bodies responsible for the recording and protection
of the archaeological heritage
- to assist countries at an early stage in
developing archaeological record systems
- to facilitate research utilizing
archaeological site data
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QUESTIONNAIRE
- questionnaire designed to solicit information
about archaeological site inventories internationally
- more than 100 questionnaires sent out in English,
French and Spanish
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FORMAT
- information about individual institutions
- information about individual inventories
- information about terminology documentation
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RESULTS
- 109 responses from 35 countries (95
jurisdictions)
- 177 individual inventories
- information about individual institutions
compiled in directory format
- information concerning individual inventories
computerized for analysis
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SELECTION
CRITERIA
INDICATE THE TYPES OF SELECTION
CRITERIA YOU USE WHEN
SELECTING SITES FOR INCLUSION IN THE
INVENTORY |
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TYPES OF SITES
WHAT SUBJECTS DO YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR
INVENTORY? |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
WHAT OTHER SUBJECTS DO YOU INCLUDE IN
YOUR INVENTORY? |
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DOCUMENTATION OF
DESTROYED SITES
- DO YOU RETAIN RECORDS FOR SITES THAT HAVE BEEN
DESTROYED?
- 174 inventories retain records for sites
which have been destroyed
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FIELDS OF
INFORMATION
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FIELDS ARE USED IN YOUR
INVENTORY? |
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INFORMATION RETAINED BY
INSTITUTION
WHICH OF THESE PIECES OF THE SITE
ARCHIVE DOES YOUR INSTITUTION
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INFORMATION
SOURCES
WHAT SOURCES OF INFORMATION
DO YOU USE AS AN AID TO
COMPILATION? |
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IINVENTORY
METHODS
WHAT SOURCES OF INFORMATION DO YOU USE
AS AN AID TO COMPILATION? |
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NEXT STEPS
- transfer all data to one application
- complete analysis of questionnaire results
- finalize format (include directory of
respondents?)
- determine anticipated audience and appropriate
dissemination vehicle(s)
- French, English, Spanish?
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