For archaeological consultancies

Spend less time managing archaeological data. Spend more time doing archaeology.

Excavata connects field recording, finds, samples, photographs, stratigraphy, spatial data and specialist analysis in one archaeological workflow.

Record information once. Keep its provenance intact. Carry it from the field to the final report.

Less administration. Lower project risk. More archaeology.

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Four ways Excavata pays off

Practical gains for a working consultancy — measured in staff-hours, data quality and control.

Cut post-excavation overhead

Stop rebuilding the project after the excavation ends. Contexts, finds, samples, photographs, spatial information and their relationships are organised as the work happens.

Outcome: Less transcription, less reconciliation and fewer professional staff-hours spent preparing archaeological information for analysis and reporting.

Catch problems while you can still fix them

A missing field discovered on site is an inconvenience. The same gap discovered months later can be a serious problem. Structured recording and validation help surface omissions and inconsistencies while archaeologists can still resolve them.

Outcome: Cleaner datasets, stronger quality assurance and less senior-staff time spent repairing records after the fact.

Keep the archaeology connected

Archaeological information draws much of its value from context and relationships. Excavata keeps records, photographs, samples, stratigraphy, spatial information and analytical results tied to their archaeological provenance.

Outcome: Less reconciliation, and less project knowledge trapped in disconnected spreadsheets, folder structures or individual staff members' memories.

Keep control of project data

Excavata is offline-first: everything is captured to your device, and synchronisation happens directly between devices — your project data does not have to live in Excavata-hosted cloud infrastructure.

Outcome: Practical field recording where connectivity is poor, and greater organisational control over commercially and culturally sensitive project information.

What would 5% less administration mean?

Take a six-person archaeological field team working for four weeks:

6 archaeologists × 20 days × 7.5 hours = 900 staff-hours

45
staff-hours
with 5% less administrative effort
90
staff-hours
with 10% less administrative effort

That's time that can go back into archaeology, analysis, reporting — or the next project.

Illustrative only. Actual savings depend on project type, recording methodology and existing workflows. This calculation shows the potential value of small efficiency gains; it is not an Excavata performance statistic.

Archaeology shouldn't end with weeks of digging through data.

After fieldwork, how much time does your team spend:

  • ?copying field records into spreadsheets?
  • ?reconciling finds, sample and photograph registers?
  • ?working out which spreadsheet or version is the current one?
  • ?chasing missing context or sample information?
  • ?reconstructing relationships that were obvious in the field?
  • ?cleaning data before specialists can use it?
  • ?searching folders, spreadsheets and paper records to answer a simple project question?

Excavata is designed to make those tasks the exception rather than the workflow.

One workflow. From fieldwork to deliverable.

The same archaeological information moves through the whole project — no re-keying at each stage.

  1. Record
    Capture archaeological information as the work happens.
  2. Validate
    Surface omissions and inconsistencies earlier.
  3. Connect
    Keep provenance, stratigraphy, photographs, finds and samples associated.
  4. Analyse
    Carry structured information into post-excavation and specialist work.
  5. Report
    Keep a clearer path into reporting.
  6. Archive
    Preserve a coherent project dataset at close-out.
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The business case for better archaeological data

Save time

Record once, instead of repeatedly transcribing, renaming, reconciling and rebuilding information later.

Control cost

Reduce unpredictable post-excavation data administration and make better use of professional staff time.

Reduce risk

Catch omissions earlier and preserve archaeological provenance throughout the project.

Improve quality

Build structured, consistent datasets while the people who understand the excavation can still resolve problems.

Keep control

Work offline and retain organisational control over project data, rather than depending on Excavata-hosted storage.

Built around the archaeological record

The value case rests on real capability. A few of the areas Excavata covers:

Field recording

Structured archaeological recording designed for use in the field, on mobile and tablet.

Photographs & spatial data

Keep project imagery and spatial information associated with the archaeological record.

Stratigraphy

Maintain stratigraphic relationships and Harris-matrix workflows.

Finds & samples

Keep finds, samples and other material tied to their provenance.

Specialist analysis

Carry analytical results into the wider archaeological dataset.

Project continuity

Support handover, backup, post-excavation and project close-out.

Go deeper

How

The contractor workflow

Follow a professional contract from bid to report, stage by stage.

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Manage

Project management

Firm profile, contracts, permits, grants, personnel and equipment.

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Cost

Budgeting

Build bids, track spend and export to your accounting system.

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Plan

Pricing

Plans for solo archaeologists, small firms and larger organisations.

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Less administration. More archaeology.

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