8th September 2011, 01:04 PM
!All this secret talk about who did what has got me infuriatingly interested with no hope of knowing whats going on! Ah well nearly Friday.As to a 100% excavation strategy haven't we been at this discussion before? Does that include 100% hand-excavation/recording of a buried soil?
100% of relationships - yes
100% recording of 'ritual'/burial relate features
50% of discrete features with proviso for 100% if needed (for finds, soil samples and a greater understanding of the formation processes and/or shape)
50% of domestic/settlement related features
20% of the length of linears - sometimes reduced to 10% in the case of very long /empty/ boring field boundaries or where destruction will not be complete
Are the usual % sample excavation strategy that seems common to most jobs (and specified by the county)
But have percentages increased on some sites due to importance of the remains, proximity to scheduled sites etc.
Never come across 100% excavation (aka 100% destruction) strategy except on research digs.