26th May 2005, 02:10 PM
Curator Kid is dead right - couldn't agree more. Vulpes, I believe he has mentioned his fieldwork credentials previously. He was talking about stratigraphy NOT empty f***ing trenches.:face-confused:
Troll is right in that there are a few hybrids around. Stick with the original - Museum of London - used properly can be fast and effective. Paying lip service then half sectioning, 'sondages', sample excavation, mixing EDM planning and conventional planning - it don't work. There have been many attemts to get 'less for more' in recent years. Quantity rarely equates with Quality.
Curator Kid - wish you worked on my patch:face-approve:
The old example of modern cuts being given the full works is tripped out many times - 'look how crazy single context planning is'. Museum of London had a very neat way to record such things - double dot -dash = truncation!! (That said, recording modern cuts can have a use in re-uniting very minimally disturbed finds to original deposits).
Troll is right in that there are a few hybrids around. Stick with the original - Museum of London - used properly can be fast and effective. Paying lip service then half sectioning, 'sondages', sample excavation, mixing EDM planning and conventional planning - it don't work. There have been many attemts to get 'less for more' in recent years. Quantity rarely equates with Quality.
Curator Kid - wish you worked on my patch:face-approve:
The old example of modern cuts being given the full works is tripped out many times - 'look how crazy single context planning is'. Museum of London had a very neat way to record such things - double dot -dash = truncation!! (That said, recording modern cuts can have a use in re-uniting very minimally disturbed finds to original deposits).