10th October 2011, 07:14 PM
Cheers, the Swale-Ure Washlands book isn't such a gripping read that I really want to read the whole thing, would rather skip to the archaeologically relevent bits, already know more about gravel than I'd ever really wanted.... :face-approve:
Actually, having got into archaeology from the scientific end of things, I'd rather have rather more science/more scientific approach, but of course most of what we do on site isn't repeatable (and when it is there isn't any budget...) and it's a right pain having to wait decades to get another dead viking or chariot burial or whatever to play with...and where there is the possibility to test theories/results there's never any funding for it (see my last post on the 'Millet' thread)
Actually, having got into archaeology from the scientific end of things, I'd rather have rather more science/more scientific approach, but of course most of what we do on site isn't repeatable (and when it is there isn't any budget...) and it's a right pain having to wait decades to get another dead viking or chariot burial or whatever to play with...and where there is the possibility to test theories/results there's never any funding for it (see my last post on the 'Millet' thread)