Spent three whole days trying to match a tiny pottery fragment from a dig in Crete

Turns out it was from a completely different layer and the site map was off by about 5 meters. Has anyone else had a cataloging error waste that much time?

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fiona98526d ago

Honestly, that's just part of the process though. Tbh, finding that error is what makes the data better in the end.

tara79325d ago

Okay but what if finding the error just shows the whole system is broken from the start? Fixing one number feels good, but it doesn't stop the next mistake from happening. Sometimes that "process" is just putting a bandage on a bigger problem. All that time spent hunting for tiny errors could be used to build something that doesn't fail so much in the first place.

janarivera26d ago

Totally agree. It's like when you're checking a long list of measurements. You find one number that's off, fix it, and suddenly the whole layout makes sense. That one fix can save you from a huge headache later. Catching mistakes early is what keeps things from falling apart.