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One of the most neglected practices within the laboratory is record keeping. This discipline has to be acquired and exercised by all laboratory personnel. Within the laboratory it is essential that all stages of every technique are correctly documented, and that personnel maintain logical concise records detailing the history of specimen and sample development (Table 2.1). This provides an invaluable data base for later workers wishing to re-examine, analyse or under take additional conservation or preservation techniques, particularly in relation to irreplaceable material.
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Green, O.R. (2001). Documentation in the Laboratory. In: A Manual of Practical Laboratory and Field Techniques in Palaeobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0581-3_2
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