Manuport Wrote:Err I usually find clients are less than impressed if the one doing the reining in is the curator rather than the consultant/contractor. Most clients can spot a fishing trip, and some think archaeology is one already.
I suspect most of the actual diggers following this thread would be appalled at the concept of weighting DBAs pessinistically? There's little enough work for them as it is withought people (which clearly includes yourself and Unitof1) not even bothering to go looking for archaeology! Most of the best stuff I've found over the years has been by going out and digging a hole where there wasn't 'supposed' to be anything. Writing off a site should always be a last resort, and for a b****y good reason