I was in a situation once where someone had tested a site several years
prior to my excavating it.  The area was highly disturbed and a comparison
of what I was seeing to what he had recorded (with Munsells) was extremely
helpful in sorting out what was going on on the site.
 
Elise
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>Karklins makes a good argument for using standard color designations for bead
>studies, but what about for soils?  I am sure someone out there has actually
>made use of their soil color readings for some interesting purpose - please
>relate your experiences.