7th September 2010, 05:24 PM
So are you saying you use your spider sense in writing DBA's? I think that missing archaeology is a reflection of the standard of work of the units? In which case they can also balls it up on their own turf? What's the point of having a giant yellow mechanical spade and not digging a giant hole just to make sure of something? Everyone like digging big holes! Overseas seemed to be making the point that sites aren't being tied in to known examples of local archaeology - is that not just shoddy report writing? I'm all for local units digging local archaeology, it would at least mean that people could dig in their own locality and not sacrifice a life to the constant re-locations imposed by the job, but it's never going to happen!