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As indicated by the following quote this can be
challenging.
'… it is evident that their bed 8 is my bed 1, their bed 6 is my
bed 5, their bed 5 is my bed 6. Therefore their bed 7 can only be
my bed 3 (with 2), and I have no doubt that the thickness “8 to
1 ft 0 in” originally appeared in their notes as “8 to 10 ft”…'
Arkell 1936a.
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3. Check on any inconsistencies or differences and make a
note of them.
4. Devise a method of linking your new fi eld data with the
publication. If it is a description of different beds it might,
for instance, be as simple as adding a column to your
notebook page for cross reference to the published bed
numbers/units.
5. If the integration of the data is essential, and it is unclear
from the publications how to correlate, consider contacting
the author(s) of the publication(s).
