7th March 2005, 12:44 AM
Troll, I agree with what you are saying, though you may be saying it a bit personally. If the site is important, which it is, why excavate such a small sample of it and base everything on that. Commercial archaeological methods should not be used on something like this. Small samples miss things, no matter how large, or small, the site is, I've seen it numerous times. Sample the wrong area, and bang, all the archaeology ends up on someone's drive. And so we need the gravel do we? Well, I'm sure we need good building stone as well, so, I know, let's tear down Canterbury Cathedral and only look at 10 per cent of it before we do.
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++