Table 2.
Recording activity pathway for Dinaledi Chamber excavations
| Material or action | Assign and record | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| In cave: excavator and recorder | ||
| Sediment context | Context number and attributes | Context form |
| Photography | Photo register | |
| Sketch plan and/or section | Section log | |
| Scan | Scan register | |
| Sample | Sample register | |
| Bone | Element number | Skeletal form |
| Spatial properties | Area sketch | |
| Physical properties | Taphonomy | |
| Peri-M trauma | ||
| Post-M trauma | ||
| Metric form | ||
| Recovery | Recovery log | |
| Excavation scan | Record all observed contexts and elements | Scan form |
| Above ground: recorder | ||
| Context or element | Record of assigned number | Context log |
| Excavation scan | Record all observed contexts and elements | Scan log |
| Bone element | Preliminary ID, spatial attributes and location | Element log |
| Recovered material | What is lifted and boxed | Recovery log |