15th September 2008, 12:42 PM
"I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my archaeologists"
If only.Sigh.
1man1desk, you are right - but even under such oppresive contractual standards we must strive to maintain an appropriate level of research as we work. Hopefully if this is controlled by post-ex managers in the right way, developers will see the the benfit of greater understanding. Some do, many don't but thats the way. It is important that any research attached to a project is appropriate to the recorded archaeology and not indulgent to the archaeologist (who may want to see a wider picture or pursue a particular agenda). If this can be achieved then many developers will accept it as part of a project as according to the scale of the whole project it will not appear in any way excessive.
If only.Sigh.
1man1desk, you are right - but even under such oppresive contractual standards we must strive to maintain an appropriate level of research as we work. Hopefully if this is controlled by post-ex managers in the right way, developers will see the the benfit of greater understanding. Some do, many don't but thats the way. It is important that any research attached to a project is appropriate to the recorded archaeology and not indulgent to the archaeologist (who may want to see a wider picture or pursue a particular agenda). If this can be achieved then many developers will accept it as part of a project as according to the scale of the whole project it will not appear in any way excessive.