28th November 2010, 03:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 28th November 2010, 03:54 PM by Dinosaur.)
GnomeKing Wrote:....dinosaurs comments suggest that ONLY commercial archaeologists have any right to control the dissemination, interpretation, and recover of archaeology!!!!
eerrr, did you ever actually bother to read that copyright and confidentiality clause which is (hopefully) included in whatever PD or WSI you're currently working to ? (if you're working, that is, sorry if you're not...) :face-stir: ...until the finished product's deposited with the HER and becomes a public document the commercial archaeologists (their client, actually) are usually obliged to control the dissemination of any information - the next job I'm out on we're not allowed to discuss with the public, merely refer them to a press officer at the client...
A lot of evaluation 'trenches' and other holes being 'watched briefly' are open for an hour or two - the last hole I dug last week was heavied-out, photographed, couple of measurements, quick note of soil descriptions and backfilled ASAP before the entire universe collapsed into it - important piece of archaeology with considerable value towards current and future planning applications and archaeological interventions but hardly practical to get some 'expert' out to muse over it?
Is the Blagger's Guide to Archaeology still in print? - someone nicked mine, need to check I'm still doing it right }
