22nd September 2010, 06:48 PM
It is a perfect view of archaeology today... (perhaps extreme... but not far off!) I was once pulled up for a report where I found nothing! hells teeth... what would happen if a detectorist or even a general member of the public was stopped and asked, why they found nothing, and why they did not present seven copies of a fully researched report about finding nothing? Why is it that preserved in situ actually means ploughed, bunnied or flattened so that thos folk in the future, will have nothing to look at anyway... but, hey, it has been preserved (sort of!) Sho me a site where preservation in situ worked ?? the piling that changes the water table, the the vibrocompaction that liquefies the site... the rampant rabbits, gentle burrowing? While we can only ask... please sir... can we..... er... look at this site in an archaeological way please.... NO comes the booming reply... come back when ye are devoid of requirements and then we cannot stop you.... ... hmmmm worth a go! :face-huh: