16th August 2006, 03:27 PM
good words troll mate...
It is best to try the IFA approach and see what happens .. if it is unsatisfacory, then it will be so from experience.
Ultimately, for the IFA to work, we all have to be in it. and ulimately, the buck stops at the Curatorial system - If we (as Development Control or County Archaeologists) fail to uphold the standards produced by the IFA, then we are to blame... that said, we are overstretched, underfunded and expected to be everywhere at once.. in many cases, we place a trust on the Units to conform to the standards as well.
If they don't, we again rely on being informed when this is not happening... so I would like to see the ability to contact the curator.. or the IFA.. as a hotline.... if you are asked not to clean the bottom of machine trenches for example (then if this is reported to the county mountie, then it can be seen to right away.. with a quick site visit... as after the event is too late.
At the end of the day we all have a responsibility .. and too often I am now hearing that archaeology often plays second fiddle to the final cost... act now... act fairly and things will change.
Another day another WSI?
It is best to try the IFA approach and see what happens .. if it is unsatisfacory, then it will be so from experience.
Ultimately, for the IFA to work, we all have to be in it. and ulimately, the buck stops at the Curatorial system - If we (as Development Control or County Archaeologists) fail to uphold the standards produced by the IFA, then we are to blame... that said, we are overstretched, underfunded and expected to be everywhere at once.. in many cases, we place a trust on the Units to conform to the standards as well.
If they don't, we again rely on being informed when this is not happening... so I would like to see the ability to contact the curator.. or the IFA.. as a hotline.... if you are asked not to clean the bottom of machine trenches for example (then if this is reported to the county mountie, then it can be seen to right away.. with a quick site visit... as after the event is too late.
At the end of the day we all have a responsibility .. and too often I am now hearing that archaeology often plays second fiddle to the final cost... act now... act fairly and things will change.
Another day another WSI?