10th September 2009, 03:03 PM
SO what I am getting is that you are doing temporal contamination mitigation for developers because they are told to and for no other reason? (sorry to be harsh)
this does seem to stress the point that commercial archaeology and the pursuit of research/community driven archaeology are very different.
AArg ... imagine if people get to know about the archaeology that is happening in their village.. they can read the DSR report afterwards... after all, whats it got to do with them...etc... bloody public sticking their nose into archaeology... don't they know we are providing a service for...er... ah... we find ourselves back here again... with the one question that is avoided.
Are we temporal contamination engineers or archaeologists
this does seem to stress the point that commercial archaeology and the pursuit of research/community driven archaeology are very different.
RedEarth Wrote:? What if the villagers form a 'save our archaeology' group? A bit difficult to cost for on what is likely to already be a tight budget.
AArg ... imagine if people get to know about the archaeology that is happening in their village.. they can read the DSR report afterwards... after all, whats it got to do with them...etc... bloody public sticking their nose into archaeology... don't they know we are providing a service for...er... ah... we find ourselves back here again... with the one question that is avoided.
Are we temporal contamination engineers or archaeologists
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he
Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647