8th July 2013, 07:45 PM
Entirely fair if SeedyGirl's looking for a private project to enhance her CV - and better to do something that has a wider value (in this case adding info to an existing site) rather than a lot of these little stand-alone bits and bobs that students often seem to do. Am lucky enough to have one project stored for years at a Uni - we've had free storage and they use it as a teaching collection on occasion, so have far more in-depth analyses of some of the finds than would have been possible as part of the original commercial project. Hopefully might get the thing properly archived in the near future, finally!
Know what you mean though
Would be a lot better if the commercial environment allowed for better analysis at the time - however I've got a (coincidentally, honest) 1998 project where the significance of part of the assemblage wasn't recognised at the time, so can't really blame the client for not having been asked for more cash at the time, the interest in it is topical now, what with changing directions in archaeological interests, so it's currently being re-visited via a research grant
Know what you mean though
Would be a lot better if the commercial environment allowed for better analysis at the time - however I've got a (coincidentally, honest) 1998 project where the significance of part of the assemblage wasn't recognised at the time, so can't really blame the client for not having been asked for more cash at the time, the interest in it is topical now, what with changing directions in archaeological interests, so it's currently being re-visited via a research grant