2nd September 2006, 10:37 PM
Thanks to all so far.In this hypothetical scenario, an untouched and un- contaminated buried land surface has been seen to host the following:
1. a complete turf-subsoil-natural sequence with beetle/seed etc in abundance(all sealed by wind blown sands)
2. an assemblage of lithic tools and debitage including diagnostics suggesting a Bronze-Age date as a minimum
3. a linear ditch with one fill containing lithic debitage and tools
So, whats the ideal/expected/ predicted response of a curator? For arguements sake-lets assume that 1 to 3 were encountered within a 6 metre square test trench representing about 10% percent of a new build footprint.
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
1. a complete turf-subsoil-natural sequence with beetle/seed etc in abundance(all sealed by wind blown sands)
2. an assemblage of lithic tools and debitage including diagnostics suggesting a Bronze-Age date as a minimum
3. a linear ditch with one fill containing lithic debitage and tools
So, whats the ideal/expected/ predicted response of a curator? For arguements sake-lets assume that 1 to 3 were encountered within a 6 metre square test trench representing about 10% percent of a new build footprint.
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)