Artifact Record Keeping

The artifact record keeping strategies and practices of archaeologists and excavators can be compared to modern day bookkeeping as every artifact has to be journalized and posted to some sort of a ledger as every transaction in accounting has to be analyzed, then journalized and posted to a ledger.

Classical strategies of recordkeeping
The records in the ancient Greece were kept basing on the time, use and the duration which it was expected to last. For instance, if the document was meant for a wider audience, the secretary could instruct the stone mason to carve the information on a stone tablet. The wood and papyrus documents served a different purpose as compared to stone. Since they were perishable in nature, they only served a short-term

These documents were kept in an organized manner in archives with labels that could identify each item. It could, therefore, give the archivist an easy time in tracing a document (Buchanan, 2012).
Record keeping practices in the ancient Greece
In the past, Athenians used to display information on a large rectangular slab of marble. The oldest document of this nature dates from the late sixth century. However, the practice of inscribing official texts became familiar in the middle of the fifth century. Since that time, this type of documents increased tremendously. Honorary degrees were among the writings that the Athenians rewarded some individuals (usually foreigners) for rendering a specified service to them. Treaties that were governing Athenian relations with foreign states were also common.
Athenians also kept some financial documents which were recorded on stones. The accounts of the construction of temples during the fifth century were published since they were annual inventories of dedications and sacred objects kept in the temple and sanctuaries of the gods of Athenians. Previous researchers indicate that stone documents were copies of other original records housed in archival collections (Buchanan,