7th December 2010, 11:43 AM
interesting...for me key quotes are;
"....That’s like the league of embalmers complaining there aren’t enough dead people. It might have been easier
to make the case that mitigation archaeology in Britain is really a public service, if it hadn’t
already been commandeered by companies operating like giant businesses at national and
international level. The document also makes some questionable claims about the high standards
of mitigation fieldwork, which in practice is too often rushed, messy and perfunctory..."
"Whatever the future brings, let’s hang on to this principle: the true currency of archaeology
is knowledge; that’s our gold standard, valid everywhere."
"....That’s like the league of embalmers complaining there aren’t enough dead people. It might have been easier
to make the case that mitigation archaeology in Britain is really a public service, if it hadn’t
already been commandeered by companies operating like giant businesses at national and
international level. The document also makes some questionable claims about the high standards
of mitigation fieldwork, which in practice is too often rushed, messy and perfunctory..."
"Whatever the future brings, let’s hang on to this principle: the true currency of archaeology
is knowledge; that’s our gold standard, valid everywhere."