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Hello,
I used matrix software for my dissertation research at Fort Michilimackinac. I would second Geoff by saying that if there is any complexity to your strata you definitely want to use computer software rather than pieces of graph paper for your own sanity.
I started by using the BASP software, but found it to be a little frustrating to use (not very user-friendly) and not very compatible with my site and research goals.
I ended up having some success with a program known as “Inspiration.” It wasn’t actually designed for matrices, but I found it worked very well. www.inspiration.com
In the field we incorporated matrix relationships into our paper face sheets for each particular context which gave the excavator the opportunity to draw all the relationships to particular context as they saw them. If you would like, I could send you a copy of one. Then I took them back to the lab and compiled them together on the computer.
Todd Reck
"Clevenger, Liz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Hi All -
Does anyone have experience working with the Bonn Harris Matrix
Compiler, a program written by Irmela Herzog (cited in her 1993 article
"Computer-aided Harris Matrix generation," in Practices of
Archaeological Stratigraphy)? Current contact info for Herzog or how to
get the program? General thoughts on the various programs out there to
create matrices, or the advantages/disadvantages of drawn matrices
versus those created by graphing programs?
Thanks in advance
~Liz
Liz Clevenger
Archaeological Collections Specialist
The Presidio Trust
415-561-5086
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