31st October 2011, 02:43 PM
Marcus Brody Wrote:Also, can anyone tell me where I can commission one of those geophysical surveys that can identify the specific pottery types present on a site?
Our instruments (Bartiscanster Archaeology Detectors) have a special turny knob on the top, which we can set to detect pottery, flint, bone (human and/or animal) or treasure. There's also a little dial with a needle that swings round to give a date, and a digital display for depth. Usually though we use "rapid" setting, so a light comes on and a buzzer sounds when 'archaeology' is detected, and a peg can be out in the ground where eval trenches are required. Hot coffee comes out of a special nozzle on the side, and there is a selector switch for black/white, sugar/no sugar. latte, mocha or cappuccino. Unfortunately there is as yet no mechanism for chocolate sprinkles.