A Grammar of the Archaeological Record (Version 2, Beta release)

I. The System. Archive structure

Sub-folders

Giorgio Buccellati – July 2025

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Introduction

One will find here a list of the major subfolders found within the folders of type 1 through 6 discussed above.

Subfolders for folders of type 1-4:

  • The input files within subfolders I, IMAGES, STATIC, TEMPLATES are processed by the J and the MD programs
  • the output is in the subfolder TEXTS
  • non- systemic files are found in sub-folders -NON-CANONICAL and -EXTRA

Subfolders for folders of type 5:

  • The input files within the root subfolder are processed by the program VWX
  • the folders LoRes and TN are canoni;cal, but simply derived from the root folder
  • non- systemic files are found in sub-folders A (for Archive), -NON-CANONICAL and -EXTRA

Subfolders for folders of type 6 are wholly non-systemic.

Additional, non-systemic folders may be found in any of these basic subfolders

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Overview

folder
type
sub-folder
type
label content label content
1-4 input I text input files J processed by JD program
(type 2 only)
PAGES processed by MID program
IMAGES graphic files in JPG format
STATIC1 files in final format not treated by program PDF files in .PDF format
TEMPLATES control files TOC2 sidebars
output TEXTS output files in HTML
non-systemic - NON-CANONICAL files not suited for program operation
- EXTRA inactive and other files
5 systemic G photos or drawings root files in high resolution
LoRes files in low resolution
see below for more subfolders
TN thumbnails
D formatted files displaying graphic
non-systemic A3 photolog and background files
- NON-CANONICAL files not suited for program
- EXTRA inactive and other files
6 open format
1 ^ The folder STATIC may be omitted, in which case only the folder PDF is found.
2 ^ TOC stands for Table of Contents
3 ^ A stands for Archive

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Subfolders within VW/G

Subfolders within each of the G root subfolder are losely connected to the content of the subfolder. They are repeated identically within the LoRes and TN subfolders.

The structure of a sample label V23b10 is as follows:

V or W season number identifying letter sequential number
V 23 b = assemblages 10

Following are two lists of common identifying letters, though more are possible. This list is only indicative: the same identifying letters may have different values in different subfolders.

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Subfolders within V/G

b assemblages
c conservation
d1 main selection
i incidentals
k kite
m movies (video clips)
p site presentation
q ceramic q lots
s storage
u unit photos not taken by photographer
x alternative to c for conservation [change ?]
y alternative to p for presentation [change ?]
1 ^ the label D was introduced when digital photgraphy came in. Since "b" stood for "black nad white" and "c" stood for "color," "d" was the abbreviation for digital

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Subfolders within W/G

a sketches
b pencil drawings
c pen drawings
d vector drawings

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