6th December 2006, 09:10 PM
In terms of tile, the current recommendations of the archaeological ceramic building materials group
http://www.geocities.com/acbmg1/CBMGDE3.htm
is that once catalogued a large proportion of the assemblage can be recommended for discard, although the final descsicion should remain with the accessioning museum about what to get rid of of this material (typically 90% of an assemblage).
'discard' in this case can mean being used for out reach projects.
When material is discarded its final resting place should be recorded!
For CBM the most effecient way of processing would be washing and recording to discard on site...
There are I beleive already museums getting rid of uncatalogued stratified CBM assemblages because of space.
I don't think any discard policy could or should be arranged without full specialist input
http://www.geocities.com/acbmg1/CBMGDE3.htm
is that once catalogued a large proportion of the assemblage can be recommended for discard, although the final descsicion should remain with the accessioning museum about what to get rid of of this material (typically 90% of an assemblage).
'discard' in this case can mean being used for out reach projects.
When material is discarded its final resting place should be recorded!
For CBM the most effecient way of processing would be washing and recording to discard on site...
There are I beleive already museums getting rid of uncatalogued stratified CBM assemblages because of space.
I don't think any discard policy could or should be arranged without full specialist input