7th July 2005, 10:14 AM
A number of TT sites recently have been ones already involving the marigold/knee pad brigade as you call them that TT has visited and at least they have been able to show them the correct way to excavate features not just boxing things out.
I agree with you Mercenary that there is no excuse to over machine and leave features only visible in section, but I've lost count of the number of excavations I've been on which follow evaluation (by other units) to find that there has been considerable recent truncation as a result of the eval trenches, unfortuantely the big yellow trowel as you put it is often under the control of some one who doesn't know the natural where they are working and so over machining occurs. Its not just TT.
The whole point of having theoretical assumptions to please punters troll, is coz its a tele programme and they need to keep people interested that is why it doesn't represent real archaeology, and has never claimed to. If it did people would turn off, because most archaeology to the general public is boring, but at least by keeping it in the public arena and keeping the people intersted, the work that the rest of the archaeologists in Britain do will hopefully be seen as important. Especially coming at a time when money which would otherwise be going into the heritage sector is likely to be taken away and put into sport, and so potetntially seeing the ending of things like the portable antiquties scheme.
I think that there are so many factors threatening British archaeology, the heritage sector and the profession these days that attacking something that which has rasied the public image of a profession which the majority of the public and developers once viewed as little more than a hobby is a little sad.
cheers
Dog}
I agree with you Mercenary that there is no excuse to over machine and leave features only visible in section, but I've lost count of the number of excavations I've been on which follow evaluation (by other units) to find that there has been considerable recent truncation as a result of the eval trenches, unfortuantely the big yellow trowel as you put it is often under the control of some one who doesn't know the natural where they are working and so over machining occurs. Its not just TT.
The whole point of having theoretical assumptions to please punters troll, is coz its a tele programme and they need to keep people interested that is why it doesn't represent real archaeology, and has never claimed to. If it did people would turn off, because most archaeology to the general public is boring, but at least by keeping it in the public arena and keeping the people intersted, the work that the rest of the archaeologists in Britain do will hopefully be seen as important. Especially coming at a time when money which would otherwise be going into the heritage sector is likely to be taken away and put into sport, and so potetntially seeing the ending of things like the portable antiquties scheme.
I think that there are so many factors threatening British archaeology, the heritage sector and the profession these days that attacking something that which has rasied the public image of a profession which the majority of the public and developers once viewed as little more than a hobby is a little sad.
cheers
Dog}