All,
Having returned from holiday I read with interest some of the
discussions associated with the recording of fires.
I cannot see why it cannot be an event abeit an historical one, how
would you classify the excavations of Troy by Schliemann? Surely with
the standards based around MONUMENT - EVENT - ARCHIVES. we
can describe physical evidence as produced by some (documented)
activity . As Roger Thomas implies we would not necessarily know
about the 'event' unless it was referenced in an archival source. Events
are ephemeral and are subject to interpretation e.g. the 100 years war
- where and when did it take place.
The arguments about the recording of actual physical evidence as
opposed to evidence in documents that evidence exists (e.g. 'at 15,
water street and ancient well existed') has always been problematical.
Town projects (e.g. Winchester project) which look at physical
evidence alongside archival holdings e.g. census, probate have to
tackle this problem full on. A few research papers have been produced
discussing approaches to this event / place / person problem.
cheers
Simon Walton
Systems Architect,
Project Jupiter, ext 3316
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