[Patina] Re: Chester

[Michael Jewell]

I'd think the desktop interface is better for the context data entry
(the Android keyboards are fiddly). Maybe the following kit on-site:

- 3G wifi dongle provides a hotspot & internet connectivity
- The archaeology laptop for entering context data
- Mobile phones to create audio/text notes

I'm not sure what battery life is like on the devices - so that would
need to be checked. It would be good to not have to take a generator!

I'd deploy tina.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pon-lp (or similar) that has the
'shared universe' branch, and means that the data is also stored
separately from the public deploy.

How long would Tom/I need to go up to the site? Could we leave them to
use the laptop after a while, or should one of us be on hand? It's a
long way to Chester (4-5 hours) and I'm not sure how far the car park
is from the station?

Cheers,
Mike

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Earl G.P. <graeme.earl at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> They would be entering context data on the mobiles as well as filling in the
> paper records I guess. G
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> From: patina-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk [mailto:patina-bounces at ecs.soton.ac.uk]
> On Behalf Of Luc Moreau
> Sent: 26 September 2012 13:04
> To: patina at ecs.soton.ac.uk
> Subject: [Patina] Re: Chester
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>
>
> Hi Graeme,
> How would it work if data is not entered as they proceed?
> Luc
>
> On 26/09/2012 12:39, Earl G.P. wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> A summary of my discussions with L-P: Archaeology. They have a project
> starting next week in Chester (sorry – got the place wrong!). It is a chunk
> of the Roman town - with a lovely bit of 19th century railway architecture
> thrown in. The site is reasonably low key and small scale. However, their
> previous evaluation did reveal Roman deposits and demolished Roman
> structures. They expect quite a bit of late 19th century railway truncation
> on the site.
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> They will be entering data onto ARK after the excavation, rather than on
> site. They will have six field staff. Finds processing is more of a flexible
> thing. If they have time/ability they will start finds washing on site.
> However, they generally carry out finds processing after the fieldwork. If
> the project was longer term, we would process as we go. But as we expect to
> be off site within four to five weeks we would aim to process the finds post
> excavation.
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> They are happy for a mobile PoN and a desktop PoN installation. But with the
> caveat that if it gets in the way they won’t use it J But they are in favour
> of on-site tech.
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> Cheers,
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> G
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