6th June 2005, 07:24 PM
Mercenary- Six? Woohoo!! Sorry I missed you. Thankyou for your honesty and explaining your position-just the sort of participation I was hoping for! I have no plans to vilify anyone on this issue (subject to change later) but will intentionally attack the system that allows for this sort of corporate monopoly on the nations heritage. Two themes perhaps for discussion as openers- the Stonehenge landscape is due for (and has been) the subject of intense investigation prior to the prospective planning wrangles over the new road. I have no doubt that investigations there would have uncovered huge amounts of new archaeology. I`m sorry, but I don`t feel that such an important landscape such as Thornborough, should be investigated under commercial conditions. Extremely complex and descrete features can lurk undetected amongst gravels-many a site.....I also don`t think that an evaluation/assessment is enough. I see it every day, enormously underestimated archaeology compromised. The Thornborough landscape should not be touched by Tarmac or, any other company that seeks to profit by destroying property of national importance whilst dictating the terms of said removal as if they owned it. Nothing personal now! I`m glad you have found an employer with high ethics- can be a rare thing these days.
Must be a hard place to be though, trying to do your job in the middle of a sh*tstorm. The fact that a field team are still there however, suggests that it seems inevitable that Tarmac are getting their way. Archaeologists of all shades involved in the project, with the exception of Mercenary, are distinctly quiet. Lets discuss- openly and without venom!!!!
Must be a hard place to be though, trying to do your job in the middle of a sh*tstorm. The fact that a field team are still there however, suggests that it seems inevitable that Tarmac are getting their way. Archaeologists of all shades involved in the project, with the exception of Mercenary, are distinctly quiet. Lets discuss- openly and without venom!!!!