5th August 2011, 09:14 AM
gnomek's point does begin to address another bugbear insofar as it is quite possible that a project officer without proper supervision and consultation can be very wrong!! i have seen a very experienced PO evaluate a site and claim that there is nothing in the trenches only to be told by the junior site staff that there was plenty of evidence for a dmv. a site visit established they were correct and he was wrong. this is not as uncommon as any of us would like. i have seen contractors dig trenches through geology they were unfamiliar with and destroy important archaeology - both willfully and ignorantly
pressure to make money at the expense of the archaeology is going to get worse and we all need to make a stand against the downgrading of standards
pressure to make money at the expense of the archaeology is going to get worse and we all need to make a stand against the downgrading of standards
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers