... of the information work of N=16 archaeologists. Findings First, the making of documents and other artefacts, their use as instruments (e.g. boundary objects (BOs)) of management, and the practical authorship of social situations, collective and individual identities form a continuum of authorship...

... and that can also “paint” a more loose description of the system and the parts, components and pieces of it in order to create a coherent view and (mental) model of the system. These kinds of artifacts are commonly denoted “boundary objects” (Star, 1989). Our proposal is to suggest to conceive these artifacts...