19th October 2006, 07:21 PM
Iman1desk said
"Dr Pete's answer is correct, so far as it goes. However, it is limited to the study of climate change - and what percentage of archaeological activity goes into that? What does, for instance, the typology of Anglo-Saxon sculpture, or the Defence of Britain Project, tell me about climate change? But, both of them are legitimate archaeological activities."
I would say that strictly there isnot any thing archaeolog - ancient in the study of pill boxes even though PPG16 suggests otherwise.
The study of ancient art however is related to climate change apparrently. It also has it value as dating evidence and mapping migrations etc. The point I was making about climate change was about looking at how humans respond on a macro level to changes in their environment as the lecturer said "civilisation came about due to climate change and it caused them to collapse".
Not simply mapping how climate has changed but looking at cause and affect.
Cant see how a watching brief which finds nothing contributes much though.
Peter Wardle
"Dr Pete's answer is correct, so far as it goes. However, it is limited to the study of climate change - and what percentage of archaeological activity goes into that? What does, for instance, the typology of Anglo-Saxon sculpture, or the Defence of Britain Project, tell me about climate change? But, both of them are legitimate archaeological activities."
I would say that strictly there isnot any thing archaeolog - ancient in the study of pill boxes even though PPG16 suggests otherwise.
The study of ancient art however is related to climate change apparrently. It also has it value as dating evidence and mapping migrations etc. The point I was making about climate change was about looking at how humans respond on a macro level to changes in their environment as the lecturer said "civilisation came about due to climate change and it caused them to collapse".
Not simply mapping how climate has changed but looking at cause and affect.
Cant see how a watching brief which finds nothing contributes much though.
Peter Wardle