9th June 2005, 01:23 PM
I am a finds spec. That is how I see it, that we don't have the right to discard as the finds belong to either the land owner or the county. I agree with sampling strategy for bricks and tile, weigh, Id and discard. I guess the main issue is placing a value on time frames. I.e. keep all Roman chuck the post-med. A lot can be done with post-med assemblages and their known historical contexts, which can be potentially used to reasses various earlier periods. But then you cant keep it all. I think this is always going to be a catch 22.