13th March 2009, 04:34 PM
:0) insight two...
I fall fowl of grammer.. I should say
A find does not make a site, a concentration of finds might, but even then, it can be misleading (as you say), I would want to say this is definately a site - now of course a quantity of finds from the same location a good selection of pottery etc, would point to this, and which is why I want more recording, and recording to NGR level.. as it builds up a picture over time. However, even then, it would have to be a convincing site (or potential site first) - a few scattered roman coins would not get me searching for a villa. The Water Newton one did not find sites, it did find potential locations for sites. And I wish more would be done like that...
(actually if I found more than 3 roman coins in Scotland I might get searching for the site!)
I was a DC archaeologist myself, and i can't ever remember placing a condition based on a find spot.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake
I fall fowl of grammer.. I should say
A find does not make a site, a concentration of finds might, but even then, it can be misleading (as you say), I would want to say this is definately a site - now of course a quantity of finds from the same location a good selection of pottery etc, would point to this, and which is why I want more recording, and recording to NGR level.. as it builds up a picture over time. However, even then, it would have to be a convincing site (or potential site first) - a few scattered roman coins would not get me searching for a villa. The Water Newton one did not find sites, it did find potential locations for sites. And I wish more would be done like that...
(actually if I found more than 3 roman coins in Scotland I might get searching for the site!)
I was a DC archaeologist myself, and i can't ever remember placing a condition based on a find spot.
?When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.?
William Blake