7th August 2013, 05:29 PM
Jack Wrote:Good point, though the physical relationship is just a step on the path to the stratigraphical relationships.
There is no reason why the context sheet shouldn't record stratigraphical relationships. Finding these out is after all one of the main reasons for digging most slots after all.
it is more than a step on the path. if you consider that it can be extremly difficult to work out which bit of brown soil the bit of pot in your brown loose came from it makes no difference what the stratigraphic relationship is when you decide which tray it goes in or not. too little account of intrusive (during excavation)material is made with modern excavation methods. all very well if you a brushing out a cave in a training excavation that will last 30 years but in the hack it out with a mattock world of commercial mitigation - not a fat chance unless you are a dinosaur
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers