7th September 2010, 05:13 PM
I'm constantly being handicapped when writing DBAs on areas I know really well in having strong suspicions that stuff's going to be there without any actual evidence, and hence am unable to mention it except in the vaguest possible way in the document - it's a lot easier finding stuff on site, particularly nasty messy watching briefs, if you already have a pretty good idea of what you're looking for....also I can think of a number of jobs around here that have been totally b***sed up by outside units not bothering to check what the real natural was supposed to look like, like a certain unit who missed out on over a metre of stratified multi-phase Roman settlement with all the goodies to play with (which of course meant more for us to play with.....). Can also think of a number of reports where 'natural' has quite clearly been archaeology just from the description to anyone who knows the locale - it's enough to make you tear your hair out (if I still had any, of course) 
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