Current standards and guidance

General standards and guides to good practice

• Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment: The MoRPHE Project Managers’ Guide HEAG024 v1.2
  • Historic England, 2008 MoRPHE (Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment) Project Planning Note 3: Archaeological Excavation
• Standard and guidance for the collection, documentation, conservation and research of archaeological materials (PDF)
• ALGAO Advice Note for Post-Excavation Assessment (PDF)
• Toolkit for Recording Archaeological Materials
• Toolkit for Specialist Reporting
• Toolkit for Managing Digital Data (Dig Digital online resource)
• Portable Antiquities Scheme recording guides

Other specialist finds standards

• Barclay, A, Knight, D, Booth, P, Evans, J, Brown, DH and Wood, I, 2016 A Standard for Pottery Studies in Archaeology, Prehistoric Ceramics Research Group, Study Group for Roman Pottery and Medieval Pottery Research Group. Weblink.
• Leigh, D J, 1998 First Aid for Finds: Practical Guide for Archaeologists (third edition). Hertford: Rescue, The British Archaeological Trust.

Archives

• CIfA Standard and guidance for the creation, compilation, transfer and deposition of archaeological archives (PDF)
• CIfA Toolkit for Selecting Archaeological Archives

Thesauri, word lists and reference catalogues

• Archaeological Objects Thesaurus, Forum on Information Standards in Heritage (FISH)
• British Museum Materials Thesaurus
• British Museum Object Names Thesaurus