11th July 2008, 05:59 PM
1man1desk
Nice post - put's the current into the historical perspective.
But (there's always a but!) not sure I wholly agree with you.
Doesn't some of what you say used to occur still occur?
Post-PPG16:
Elizabethan painted plaster and fireplaces found dump in a skip during a medieval frontage development by a med specialist who was a tad surprised to find said development subject to a watching brief...where was the archaeologist?
Felt it wasn't necessary to be there all day - had other work to do.
Samples left outside for years - been there and had to dig them out from the undergrowth to get them processed!
'..pre-determined by someone else without a financial stake in keeping it small..' - and the role of the consultant these days is?
'..scope of work was determined purely by budget with no consideration of the needs of the site..' - seems a bit too familiar.
We could both spend way too much time swapping tales of woe - but that's not really the point I was trying to make.
The discussion upto that point had been, or appeared to be, focused on the impact of a monopoly on us as both individuals and as a profession.
Guess I wanted to folk to think of the impact such a senario might have on the archaeology itself. For better or worse?
Unitof1,
In response to your queries:
No.
Not really.
And I don't really care.
ShadowJack
Nice post - put's the current into the historical perspective.
But (there's always a but!) not sure I wholly agree with you.
Doesn't some of what you say used to occur still occur?
Post-PPG16:
Elizabethan painted plaster and fireplaces found dump in a skip during a medieval frontage development by a med specialist who was a tad surprised to find said development subject to a watching brief...where was the archaeologist?
Felt it wasn't necessary to be there all day - had other work to do.
Samples left outside for years - been there and had to dig them out from the undergrowth to get them processed!
'..pre-determined by someone else without a financial stake in keeping it small..' - and the role of the consultant these days is?
'..scope of work was determined purely by budget with no consideration of the needs of the site..' - seems a bit too familiar.
We could both spend way too much time swapping tales of woe - but that's not really the point I was trying to make.
The discussion upto that point had been, or appeared to be, focused on the impact of a monopoly on us as both individuals and as a profession.
Guess I wanted to folk to think of the impact such a senario might have on the archaeology itself. For better or worse?
Unitof1,
In response to your queries:
No.
Not really.
And I don't really care.
ShadowJack