26th July 2012, 11:32 AM
chiz Wrote:Some sites may appear to be straightforward, but are they really straightforward? ]
well yes they often are. i have dug over a hundred sites (not including evaluations) and some of them could have been done by a novice whilst others i still fret about despite having published the report. for some of these the team employed were probably not as skilled as they could have been and certainly not as skilled as they thought they were and i'm including old lags. on these sites - if you havent sorted it out on site you certainly wont sort it out in post ex. but at the other end of the spectrum there are for instance, open sites in gravel where stratigraphy is limited and homogenous fills defy meaningful interpretation so a less skilled digger will produce the same results as a skillful one - despite the amount of fanciful verbage on the context sheet.
horses for courses?
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers