11th August 2008, 08:11 PM
I've lost count of the number of sites where something has been dug out without archaeological supervision both before and after the official archaeological mitigation work. It's happened and will inevitably continue to happen once we leave my current site. I could cry. Not to mention the fact that the carefully "preserved" in-situ strat has now been systematically removed footing by footing with only hasty section recording possible now that the excavation phase is over. None of these new footings were present on the original blueprints used for the preservation in-situ negotiations, and I can only assume that the archs were supposed to be long gone before these were added.
I have never yet seen any punitive action from the Local Authority for these kind of breaches. Sigh...
I have never yet seen any punitive action from the Local Authority for these kind of breaches. Sigh...