Feedback on Data Assignment

For our Archaeology of Death class we were asked to complete a Data Assignment on the St. Stephen's Cemetery using the technology of Microsoft Access and Excel. This data assignment was my first time using both these programs and overall really helped me better understand how real archaeologists look at their data and organize it. I found that I had several issues with using these programs because I was a first time user and am not the most computer savvy individual on the planet. However, this assignment was actually very interesting because you were able to look at the various types of information the grave sites tell you. For example, you got to see whether individuals were buried individually or in groups, what kind of tomb stone was used, different inscriptions, birth and death dates, along with the age of individuals and career choice. This data assignment had a lot of components too it which asked various questions covering all the different information you can gather from this burial site. It was overall a very interesting project and one I would have liked to have spent more time on!