A number of themes emerged from the conference on stratification in Edinburgh on 25 November, 1992. The first of these was the evolution of procedures for the post-excavation analysis of very large sites. The lectures by Shepherd, Steane and Hammer, et al are presented here and seem to indicate the emergence of a commonality of philosophy and approach on urban sites which is mirrored in Lowe's description of AOC (Scotland) Ltd's approach to deeply stratified rural sites.