9th February 2007, 10:10 AM
but there should at least be a minimum standard at which all burials should be excavated and recorded. What is not judged to be important to one person may be very important to someone else. Not taking a photo of a burial in situ because it is judged to be a "bog standard" medieval burial by one person may mean important info is lost to someone else for example. And there should be a minimum standard for lifting them as well. The nature of the burial and presence of grave inclusions, soil conditions etc etc may mean techniques would be different for dealing with it, but the outcome should always be the best possible compromise between speed, retrieving objects properly and getting the human remains out in as good a state as possible
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++
++ i spend my days rummaging around in dead people ++