7th February 2007, 10:06 AM
I am fortunate that I do both- Finds is my main job, If I have down time then I head to site. Also I undertake watching briefs (the short notice ones, obviously I am unit based). I have also been the onsite finds officer for several sites and try to teach as much as I can to 'diggers' about finds on site. This has untold benefits for all aand I recommend it if others are also in this position.
Two things I have thought of recently- Posters of period pottery sherd types to go on walls of site huts (e.g typical Roman material for the region). Bit 'o' learning while your scoffing your sandwiches! Second, it's not so difficult to chat to bods processing finds about what they've got. As part of this, throw a couple of photo stats of typologies to compare, say rims, while processing. It aint much but it's a positive something.
Two things I have thought of recently- Posters of period pottery sherd types to go on walls of site huts (e.g typical Roman material for the region). Bit 'o' learning while your scoffing your sandwiches! Second, it's not so difficult to chat to bods processing finds about what they've got. As part of this, throw a couple of photo stats of typologies to compare, say rims, while processing. It aint much but it's a positive something.