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The nature and level of documentation is dictated by the specific circumstances of a site and is guided by the objectives and methods employed. It is thus consistent with planning decisions.
Documentation programme
Rule 26. the documentation programme shall set out thorough documentation including a progress report of activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, in accordance with current professional standards of archaeological documentation.
Rule 27. Documentation shall include, at a mi- nimum, a comprehensive record of the site, including the provenance of un- derwater cultural heritage moved or removed in the course of the activities directed at underwater cultural heritage, field notes, plans, drawings, sections, and photographs or recording in other media.
The documentation programme is part of the project design. It sets out the strategy for thorough documentation throughout the project and needs to be drafted before any intervention takes place. It explains the scientific rationale behind the research effort; defines the scope of the investigation; identifies the methods, techniques, and procedures to be used; provides a schedule for progress reports and site
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© MMARP. Two students training in documentation methods, bay of Bigovica, Montenegro.
During the Montenegrin Maritime Archaeology Research Project (MMARP) in August-September 2010, an international group of students were trained in various documentation methods. Here, Ania Kotarba-Morley (from Poland, left) and Quinn Saint- Amand (from the US, right), record the scantlings of a modern hull exposed in the small bay of Bigovica, Montenegro.
Documentation