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Rockrich Feb 1, 2006 00:01:15
Replying to nigelswift

It will be interesting to see what comes out of the Northumberland & Durham Rock Art Project, because its not just logging the motifs, its also looking at RA in the context of how it fits in the landscape. The recording document is comprehensive to say the least (7 Pages) & the type of stuff being recorded is:

Panel dimensions, orientation & aspect
Type of rock; erratic, bedrock, part of structure
Location: hill top, valley, hillside, shore etc
Proximity to water:
Is the water: river, spring, sea etc.
Views from RA
Type of rock
Whether the rocks got fissures / visible bedding
Components of the rock; quartz, feldspar, mica
Grain size
Motifs
Sketches of the RA
Scale sketches of immediate area, including other monuments, water, rocks with natural markings or fissures.
Current condition & threats to the RA

If the data is pulled together & analysed properly, I'll be absolutely stunned & saddened for that matter if some new theories don't emerge.

H Hob
Hob Feb 1, 2006 00:24:30
Replying to Rockrich

Those scary sheets! Blimey, I'm glad I missed the boat on that one. I thin I'm right in sayng it takes over an hour to record one motif? That's one hour in good conditions, without wind, rain, ninja attack-sheep etc. interfering (not to mention itinerant cup-spotters).

>If the data is pulled together & analysed properly, I'll be absolutely stunned & saddened for that >matter if some new theories don't emerge.

It's going to be a very large task, larger even than the monumental process of gathering the data in the first place.

confess to a slight concern that analysis could end up producing some shifty statistical artefacts, lies, damn lies and statistics as they say. However, if it's done well, as you say, there must be some signal amongst all the noise.

I might also produce some useful info on the threats to the continued well being of exposed RA from erosion, lichen, pine needle acid etc.

P PeterH
PeterH Feb 1, 2006 08:43:47
Replying to Rockrich

Excellent! As Mr Punch might say "That's the way to do it!"