27th June 2012, 11:03 PM
All the methods and technologies listed are well understood in other "survey" professions. The standards being set by the RICS. Archaeology survey can appear very "amateur" compared to the professional survey standards of civil engineers etc. Don't get me wrong there are some extremely good archaeological surveyors out there but they have usually acknowledged their short comings and gone off and got some professional survey training. The EH survey department also had good professional surveyors with a high level of training (do they still exist?).
I have picked up some incredibly bad survey habits as an archaeologist mainly because I got fed up with people not listening when I tried to explain why their chosen method of recording was not appropriate. And what is the fascination with physically setting a grid out over a site with tape measures when you have access to a total station?
I have picked up some incredibly bad survey habits as an archaeologist mainly because I got fed up with people not listening when I tried to explain why their chosen method of recording was not appropriate. And what is the fascination with physically setting a grid out over a site with tape measures when you have access to a total station?