31st October 2007, 03:30 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by vulpesOh, on a related note - it's also not unfeasible for the developer to change contractors mid excavation - seen it happen here.
...and surely a developer isn't beholden to the same contractor who undertook the field work to also carry out post-excavation work.
In this day of every increasing specialisation, surely it would be best for the 'archaeology', if the post-excavation work was placed with the best suited 'post-excavation' specialist (which might be the original field contracting unit, but then again might not).
I mean after all Bernard Matthews and Delia Smith live near each other in East Anglia, and you might go to one or the other for certain turkey-based services, but not necessarily for all of your turkey requirements (a Christmas-inspired metaphor I feel may come back to haunt me!!)