13th May 2011, 01:40 PM
Sith Wrote:The developer will be providing funding to cover the cost of the work required by the WSI, agreed (whether we like it or not) by the curator. A developer who will voluntarily pay more than that is a rare beast, particularly in the current financial climate.
I agree that percentages are at best an arbitary way of collecting data - after all, everyone knows at least one story of all the good stuff being spotted in the machine bucket between trenches/ditch sections etc. however, total excavation 'just in case' is herd to justify to a developer. It is usually better (and often cheaper) to try and design developments from the outset to avoid impacts on archaeology and therefore acheive... preservation in situ.
Oops! I said it again.
some things are so important that developers need to be shown (mostly by scheduling - and i am astonished this cursus isnt uless the planning permission is so old?) why it should be 100% excavated - that's our collective job!
pps5 isnt about rescue or about the presumption in favour of preservation - its about 'understanding' oops i said it again:face-approve: