9th June 2005, 12:05 PM
I would hope that a sampling strategy was agreed off site before excavation started, but personally I wouldn't want to see anything chucked before it had been at the minimum scanned by the relevent specialist. Except maybe bricks - but then the specialist should come out and visit the site. Anyway they can then toss it away, or give it to a school, or fabric collection, or whatever.
A trickier question, I think, is what to do with the un-stratified stuff. Without context, are artefacts any more than curiosities? If so, why bother keeping them?
ML
A trickier question, I think, is what to do with the un-stratified stuff. Without context, are artefacts any more than curiosities? If so, why bother keeping them?
ML