26th February 2007, 02:38 PM
Sorry to wade in halfway through. Anyone trying geophysical surveys on this one? I've just been involved in a project where a very large area of land was covered by a detailed DBA that revealed absolutely nothing. Neither did aerial photography. however, gradiometry survey of the whole lot revealed at least eight separate archaeological sites spread across the whole area.
In this case, they were widely spaced out leaving plenty of room for lots of evaluation trenches to find nothing. At least the survey allowed the potential significant archaeology to be targetted for evaluation.
If we hadn't take the approach we did, we might have had to spend a lot of time and shedloads of someone else's money trying to sort out the unholy mess that could have ensued.
D. Vader
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
WSIs do not concern me, Curator. I want that site, not excuses
In this case, they were widely spaced out leaving plenty of room for lots of evaluation trenches to find nothing. At least the survey allowed the potential significant archaeology to be targetted for evaluation.
If we hadn't take the approach we did, we might have had to spend a lot of time and shedloads of someone else's money trying to sort out the unholy mess that could have ensued.
D. Vader
Senior Consultant
Vader Maull & Palpatine
Archaeological Consultants
WSIs do not concern me, Curator. I want that site, not excuses