Archaeological curation · iOS product
Brockington Trace
Brockington Trace is an iOS app used in archaeological curation. I built its bag workflow around each item’s phase, location, and custody history.
- Use
- Used in archaeological curation
- Platform
- iOS
- Records
- Phase · location · custody events
- Local storage
- SQLite-backed records
Where I started
One record follows the bag through each stage.
The workflow runs from Field Lab to Lab, Washing, Cataloguing, Photography, Curation Prep, and Complete.
I put the current phase and location alongside custody events, so a staff member can see the bag’s state and its hand-offs on the same record.
What I built
Following an artifact bag through the lab.
Staff move bags through washing, cataloguing, photography, and curation. Each record needs the bag’s current location and custody history.
Workflow stages
Update the phase as work moves on.
Staff can see a bag’s current curation stage and location on its record.
Custody history
Keep a history of hand-offs.
Custody events stay attached to the bag. The iOS app stores the records locally with SQLite.
Before moving a bag
Check its location and custody history.
The current phase and location show where the next step begins.
Choices I made
Keep phase, location, and hand-offs together.
Track the current stage.
The phase shows where a bag is in the process.
Keep hand-offs as history.
A custody event records a change without removing earlier events.
Store the records on the device.
The iOS app uses SQLite for bag and custody records.