16th November 2010, 05:34 PM
That is an intersting point, as I often heard the comment, its outside the development area, therefore I won't integrate it into my report. Even if it may have relevance to the site. Now as Jack says, the 'understanding' of the site and the recording of the site can be exclusive. However, what he describes is the same as most sites. If I think about York, for example, we excavated this area and then another, then 20 years later look at a site next to one done previous... the picture builds up... so we have been doing patchwork archaeology for years, and there is plenty to research.
So for me, I don't see a problem - as long as there is a research element. Teh problem comes from non area excavation... how many sites can be understood from a strip 5 m wide?
So for me, I don't see a problem - as long as there is a research element. Teh problem comes from non area excavation... how many sites can be understood from a strip 5 m wide?