My screen loupe cracked mid-cataloging and I lost a whole day's work | Archaeology Discoveries

Emery Nelson · 2026-10-27T07:25:03.455124+00:00

I was photographing a box of pottery sherds from a survey out near Boise last Tuesday when the lens on my loupe cracked right down the middle. I had not saved the notes for 40 or so pieces yet, so I sat there with a broken tool and half a drawer of stuff I could not read. I ended up putting everything back in bags and starting over the next morning with a spare from the lab. What do you all use to back up your field notes when a tool gives out like that?

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