28th November 2010, 12:08 AM
in my experience, the situation dinosaur describes usually arises because the excavation brief had not been thought through, early clues missed, supervisor unwilling to rock the boat, and managers who know far to little, with executives devoid of imagination......
thus the specialist is contacted later than would be possible, and with minimal available budget - when they turn up they are blaged about the excellent standards on site (ha ha), and eventually the exercise does become a box ticker, because senior archs just want somebody to sign of the work.....
dinosaurs comments suggest that ONLY commercial archaeologists have any right to control the dissemination, interpretation, and recover of archaeology!!!!
thus the specialist is contacted later than would be possible, and with minimal available budget - when they turn up they are blaged about the excellent standards on site (ha ha), and eventually the exercise does become a box ticker, because senior archs just want somebody to sign of the work.....
dinosaurs comments suggest that ONLY commercial archaeologists have any right to control the dissemination, interpretation, and recover of archaeology!!!!